I'm a rat!
13.3 mile run before the Dublin rain tonight in 2:10.
Turns out I was born in Chinese terms in the year of the rat, this month the Chinese celebrate the new year and its again the year of the Rat.
In Chinese culture rats represent working diligently and thriftiness and people born in the year are thought to be wealthy and prosperous.
The rat and the ox have complementary characters and will help each other in work and home lives.
In a competition held by the jade emperor to decide the zodiac animals the quick witted rat asked the diligent ox to take him on ride across the river and jumped down before the ox crossed the finish line so the rat won the race and became the first of the zodiac animals.
Must be where I got the running bug.
