All gone pete tong!!!!

Well we are now 8 days away from the main event, after my 8 mile run 2 weeks ago i managed a couple of nights in the gym on the spin bikes to loosen my legs up. I sadly didn't get out last weekend due to being busy.

Then it all went pete tong on monday!!! i managed to turn my ankle over whilst on the golf course, it swelled up almost instantly and was very painful. I struggled on the rest of the round as i have done this ankle twice before playing football. 48hrs on and my ankle looked like this


The swelling has gone down to almost normal size now and the bruising is starting to fade, the problem is the tenderness on the bone on the inside of my ankle. I think i may go have a scan after the run!!

Another week of training has passed. Working nights is not the best training environment really and having to watch a fair amount of monies worth of machinery means i can't just disappear for a run.

! did however manage a 10 min quick paced run at the end of weds shift and a 3.2 mile run on Thurs night. I allocated Sundays as my long run day as this would be the easiest time to do such a run. The Sunday just passed was a surprise to myself as i managed to do a total of 8.26 miles at a pace that would still get me in at under 2 hours for the great south run.

I have 2 weeks in which to keep the high training routine before i taper down in the week leading to the race. I have also been looking at events to help keep up the training motivation and have found a 10k race in cheltenham on 25th Nov and a 12 mile off road race in dursley for feb, which looks a killer so watch this space!!!

Well after a slow start training is finally starting to get a shift on. I managed a 21.5 km session on the livestrong bikes in the gym (not an easy thing at the best of times!) on Fri morning and 12 hours later i ran 5.8 miles from cheltenham home. It took longer than i had hoped but it's more miles under the belt.
I went and did 4.36 miles today, legs are feeling quite stiff now and shoulders ache quite a bit but it's another step towards my goal. I had a free sample of some energy drink supplement lying around so tried that, surprisingly good taste and as my other stuff has been thrown out for being out of date i see a purchase coming on and a shift from SIS to Nectar fuel.

Never too late!! or is it?

Under 6 weeks to go and it's time to make a huge effort. Been very slack with training and i think it will hurt but i will finish. I managed 3.2 miles on sat in 33 mins and did 3.2 miles on the treadmill in 35 mins last night.

Seeing my fat ugly mug bouncing in front of me is proving to be quite the inspiration, I've hit my heaviest weight ever and not happy about it!! M long term goal is to lose 15kg but short term is to lose 5kg, gonna be tough and need to look into my eating habits and be tough on myself.

I WILL SUCCEED!!

I have just entered 2013 silverstone half marathon as well!!

Well 11 weeks to go and trainings not going well. I did manage to get 14 miles cycling done last week followed by a 2 mile run but it's just not happened since. A little is lack of motivation but the weather is so hit and miss that its finding the time without making myself ill. I have also had the distraction of a small thing called our wedding, its now 3 1/2 weeks away so is quite close.

I do have my running shirt sorted thanks to the kind people at squatorange in cheltenham.

http://www.squatorange.com/

Thanks for reading x