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Having survived my 40th birthday, the rest of the week continued with a further gym training session on the Thursday morning. By then, however, I was feeling exhausted.  Not too surprised given the intensity of some of my training sessions. … Continue reading →

Marathon des Sables is only one month and 19 days away now, but today was the other big day – my 40th (ssshhh!) I’d booked the day off work as I couldn’t really contemplate working today. I peered out from … Continue reading →

It’s not always the first day after a heavy bout of exercise that gets you – it’s often the day after, and Monday was no exception. My legs felt so sapped of energy I decided to give them a mini-break. … Continue reading →

My friend Clare was over from Ireland this weekend so I decided not to do the second day of the Pilgrim Challenge, but instead did a 7.3 mile recovery run from Ladywell to East Croydon. I managed to shuffle my … Continue reading →

While today may have turned out to be a glorious day, the early start was not. I rolled out of my pit at 4.50am (yes, that’s right!) to catch the train an hour later from Ladywell to Waterloo East and … Continue reading →

I have to admit, I started this week very tired from last week’s exertions. Again, I did a couple of intense gym sessions and also a couple of lunchtime runs. I also did a speed session on Tuesday night. However, … Continue reading →

The week started promisingly. Another trip to the physio – progress with my Achilles is good. I completed a couple of intense hour-long gym sessions. As my big race draws nearer, I’ve decided to supplement my training with Rory with … Continue reading →

This was the first week back at work following the week-long Christmas shutdown period. The week started with a trip to the physio to check my Achilles’ progress. My injury, peritendinitis (inflammation of the sheath covering the Achilles) seemed to … Continue reading →

I’m conscious of two things – i) that my birthday’s looming ever closer and ii) that I need to get more mileage in during the week. Trying to forget the former and concentrate on the latter, I have devised a … Continue reading →

I admit that I have been guilty of wallowing a little of late. My physio advised that I had to rest my left Achilles a little longer, which has been really frustrating, and I’ve been trying to see off the … Continue reading →