Fundraising is coming along nicely, with another generous pledge of £50 from James Isherwood, a great friend from Uni who now lives in Auckland, New Zealand.I also received my Outward Bound tops for the marathon this week, so I can get my name printed on it and give it a few trial runs.Keys points…
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Spring In The Step
Training last week went well and with Spring officially here, let's hope the good weather continues. Keys points from the week are as follows: Tuesday – Just 2 hours of cricket nets in the evening! Rib area a little sore from bowling…
Long, Wet, Runs. Yuk.
Hi Everyone,On advice from Mark at Body Consultancy I took a rest day on Thursday and will do a similar schedule this week. Training from last week was as follows: Tuesday – 45 minutes at easy pace (10km per hour) Wednesday – 4 x 8 – 10…
Half way through and a Half Marathon to boot
8 weeks of training have now been completed with 8 to go. The week ended with a half-marathon in Brighton after being given the go-ahead from my Chiropractor, Mark. The two mid-week training runs were completed at approximately 10.5…
Training recommences… slowly
Training officially recommenced on Wednesday 9th Feb, albeit lightly. This followed a visit to Mark my Chiropractor (at Body Consultancy) on Tuesday, who was happy with how the back and leg had responded to treatment. Woohoo!A couple of…
KO’d by the Chiropractor
After 4 days of back-to-back training sessions in the previous week, I was hoping that a niggle in my groin region wasn't the re-occurrence of an old injury I picked up back in October. Unfortunately my visit to the gym on Monday proved…
No More Boozy Saturday’s
After 4 days of back-to-back training, I scheduled in 2 rest days (Saturday & Sunday) with the plan to do a long run today. This was partly to have some well-earned rest. But more importantly it was to enjoy a round of golf, followed by…
Over £400 raised to date
A fantastic week of donations with over £300 coming in and a further £150 if I make sub 4 hours, courtesy of some very generous 2able clients. A massive thank you - please may it continue!Training update - midweek runs were at David Lloyd…
Week 3 of training – Done!
Hello everyone,3 down, 13 to go. This week was a little boring as I was resigned to the gym for 3 mid-week runs and missed Thursday due to a busy workload. The long run today was outside; the weather was fantastic with wind and rain to…
The 16-week training plan commenced over Xmas :-(
A Happy New Year to everyone and a massive thank you to the sponsors so far.Although I've been training since July last year, the official training has now commenced, courtesy of a £2.50 training plan from Real Buzz (official media…