An actual photo of me in the costume!
It’s a rest day today after yesterday’s longer run. Legs are
a little sore, but not bad considering I’m now up to nearly half race distance
already. I may not be running today, but that does not mean my mind is not
occupied with the prospect of the terrifying ordeal fun day out in Bath in just
under seven weeks time! I have to give serious consideration to how the costume
will perform, and how I will perform beneath its diaphanous and ethereal folds…
One thing that did worry me as I was running yesterday was
how hot I got, even though it was quite a cool morning and I was wearing a
cotton t-shirt. How much hotter am I going to be enclosed in gossamer and silk (polyester and
nylon!)? I’m not really very happy running in the heat, and there’s also the
possibility that it will be a warm Spring day and therefore exacerbating the
situation. I also need to consider the fact that, unlike my normal running gear
that is specially designed for the purpose, this costume is likely to rub and
chafe in unexpected regions, so ideally I need to know where to position
protective sticking plasters and copious quantities of petroleum jelly!
So, I have a big decision looming: do I ‘test-drive’ the
full regalia before the event? It’s something that I imagine every person who
has made the decision to run in costume has considered. Yet how many of them
actually go through with it? How many giraffes, bananas and seventeen-stone men
in hula girl outfits have you ever seen
trotting around your local neighbourhood? Well, I’ve been running for many years
now, and have never seen such a vision!
I really think I should do it though. The whole thing might
fall apart and if I wait until the race then I might be running as ‘The
Diabetic in Underwear’ instead of The Diabetes Fairy! I think that my best option
is to get up very early in the morning and just run around the block when
hopefully it will be extremely quiet, very dark, and totally devoid of
neighbours out for their morning constitutional!
Oh dear! Why-oh-why-oh-why did I get myself into this?!!!
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