Next Challenge


Now that Stanwick is out of the way it is back to endurance training all the way, have the Stansted Trail Marathon late in December and planning for a 100km run very early in January.


For 2010 I'm planning

1. To run 100km - probably in January
2. To go back and run the Ridgeway end to end
3. Do the across Wales run, and then back again

I also have a few days in the Howgills in Feburary and in the Lakes in April so hopeful will get some good runs in there as well.

A big thank you to everybody who has helped me raise money for Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital.

Saturday, 2 May 2009

Suddenly there are only 32 days to go. As I've got the opportunity for another long walk on the 13th and 14th June I decided to bring this forward a few days.

The long-range weather forecast is starting to look good so hopefully it will be dry, but not too warm. The 12/13th was going to be ideal as it was a full moon so if it was clear there would be enough light to walk by, but a few days earlier shouldn't make too much of a difference.



Training is going OK but due to work pressures it has been a very light week this week but hopefully I'll get some miles in some time over the long weekend. The training of the last few weeks has left me with some fairly black toes and blisters. For some reason I can run 20+ miles with no blisters but if I walk the same distance, in the same shoes, my feet are really sore. I went along to a local chiropodist this week to see what was going on - it seems that my walking gait is not too efficient but when I start to run most of the issues seem to go away. I think this explains the blisters, black toes and why it some times feels easier to run than it does to walk.
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