Banging...

Went for a jog today, as is my wont, and had a pretty scary experience-after running up a hill outside of Marske, a town near where I live, every car that went by sounded to me like it was-how can I describe this?- you know how a car makes a noise, mostly the noise from its tires, as it approaches and passes you, well the cars all sounded like they had punctures: the noise they made came and went, came and went, in my ears. I wonder why? It sounded like I could hear my heart beating- I was tempted to stop but thought it might be better if I kept running, albeit at a more steady pace, and the beating, banging, whatever it was, stopped about a Mile further on. I've felt drained all day too. And Paul, my friend, goes and puts me on the "Great North Run" mailing list, like I'm supposed to be running 13 miles around Newcastle in September!