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.

Tuesday, 18 August 2009

Summer Holidays

Since June I've been hard pushed to find time for running, work, study - and of course the family.


Work had me travelling to LA, Italy and Malta and doing a lot of work in the UK both on projects and pre-sales - without a doubt busy is good at the moment so not complaining. MBA work is progressing, but very very slowly. Splitting time between looking at how culture (both organisational and geographic) impacts creativity and innovation and working on the last two assignment of the core modules.


I managed a good few days down in Cornwall. Although it rained most days, and on some days all day, we managed some good surfing. Rather than a nice swell it was just walls of white water with a very tough cross tide, this made it hard work but as almost every wave could be ridden we had a great time. I managed to break a board taking a big wave and got rolled more times than I can remember.


Also managed a few days in Suffolk and got some excellent trail running in around Sandringham. The weather was a buit drier so most paths were not too muddy. Last weekend we had a couple of days around Graftham Water. I had done a 22 mile run on the Thursday so was a bit tired and 5 miles on Saturday and then a very tough and hot 8 miles on Sunday finished me off. I think I'll spend this week in the gym cross-training to rest.


With everything else I done next to nothing on the house, even the garden has suffered this year. We do have a water leak somewhere under the floor downstairs which is taking a lot of time to track down. It now seems easier to re-route all the pipes than find the leak so hopefully the house will at least stop getting damper. Of course we could just dig the floor up and build a swimming pool instead.


Now looking for something to do on the Bank Holiday!




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