Week 421: Knee peas

At my local park run there are some bollards, and when people run through them in a crowd, they put their hands in the air and some yell “BOLLARDS!”. They also have bright pink bollard toppers that sit over the top of them. None of this helped me on Saturday when, while looking back at someone on the side of the path I ran squarely into one. It was extremely painful and, I assume, also very dorky. I was saying hello to someone and I was also thinking “there are some bollards coming up i’d better -“. Anyway. As I yelled immediately, “I’m OK!” but I did need to get the special peas out of the freezer. I hadn’t realised how often the kids sort of throw themselves into my crotch. At swimming lessons I have to sit really close to the edge of the pool. Closer than anybody else. And if everybody else had to sit that close it would be quite difficult for the instructors. Anyway as a result, this week I learnt that the important part of breast stroke legs - aka “bend star snap” - is the snap…