Yorkshire Coast 10k......and other stuff

Just back from a lovely weekend in Scarborough staying with my wonderful family and taking part in the Yorkshire Coast 10k, a great race along the seafront and back on a beautifully sunny day. I was still quite fatigued from the Brum half so had to walk quite a bit but I was still pleased with my time of 1:08:18. Got home yesterday to discover that the article that went in the newspaper has upset a few people who don't believe I can have CFS and run. I invite them to come and spend a week with me and see me on the bad days. I may be super active compared to those people who have unrelenting symptoms and are confined to bed or the settee day after day but it doesn't mean I don't HAVE the condition, I just have it to a lesser extent. My heart goes out to them. I was very upset by the comments, particularly by a Doctor who is well known in this area. He was rather vindictive which ironically upset me so much that I had a flare up that today has caused a relapse! I would have thought that he should know better as to how stress and conflict can affect a sufferer. I could go on and on and I did think about putting a reply on the newspapers' site but I don't NEED or WANT further conflict. I really wanted to invite him to re-diagnose me if he thinks I can't possibly have it but I just want to put it behind me and .........calm down......and recover. Onwards and upwards, lesson learned to not 'put myself out there' in future.