Ran Tonight with new friends, plus the kid on the bike - real good fun. Good talks and easy dinner with beer afterward - this is what running is meant to be!

And the title? Well, tough relates to two observations from today, both from runs (I'm not going to get too explicit, here, you'll just have to stay with me and try to figure it out for yourself.)

First, a patch of thoughtful conversation this afternoon coincided with a particularly spiky stretch of road surface. Either I was sufficiently distracted ( and therefore usually a wimp), or my feet are acclimatizing to rougher barefoot surfaces, because rather than the "dance" that normally accompanies hurty bits, I cruised over it and it actually felt quite good.
I suspect most of the discomfort originates in the wet grey bit upstairs.....

Second, superfoods. Chia seeds, flax seeds, goji berries etc. plus raisins and other whole foods. Are they super because they are super-indigestible? They go in, but, if you look carefully ( and anyone over 50 should be, by the way), they seem to mostly make it through unscathed......

Sigh. I have mercifully refrained from illustrating tonight's entry.