I wish i had gone down the pub now!!

Pub or long walk in the dark, well thanks to my dedication to the cause i opted for the long walk in the dark - Idiot!!! checked the weather and it was going to be cold but dry, so it makes sense that it was actually cold, windy and very very wet, and just to finish off the miserable night my right shin started to hurt quite a bit, so called it a day at 25 miles - so much for dedication.....

So what did you do on your Christmas break

Eat my own weight in chocolate!!

Run/Walked 6 marathons and a couple of 12 milers in 11 Days.

Stats, Stats and more Stats

The wonders of modern technology has enabled me to accumulate these mildly interesting facts from the past 12 months.

I have run/walked just short of 3000 miles - About the same distance between London and Nigeria or London and Uzbekistan
Climbed 71,000 feet - That's twice up Mount Everest plus a quick trip up Mont Blanc
Burned 320,000 calories - That's about 1100 mars bars to me and you....

Now technology has let me down during the year so all those figures are lower(!) than they probably should be!!!

Christmas shopping what Christmas shopping...

Happy Christmas!

While everybody else was going crazy with last minute shopping i have spend the last 3 days getting up at 06:00am and walking 25.5 miles each day, I have to say that the 76.5 miles have been quite easy, my new trainers (yes another pair) have worked well, a slight rub on my right heal was sorted with help from my roll of Kinesio tape which i have been using for a couple of years now (long before David Beckham was seen sporting it on his back while playing football!), my legs, joints etc. are all fine........

And from the mist god said......

Don't worry i haven't gone all religious on you!!!!

It was a odd day, another 25 miles under my belt, but the whole day was spent in dense fog, visibility was 40 feet at most, God spoke to me and Hackney!! from the mist came "god is your savior" and various other religious ramblings... I stopped to listen and was almost hit by a cyclist on the tow path, she explained everything.....At seemingly random times there is an open air church service held in the field next to Lee Valley Ice rink, thousands of people stand in the field and do the praying thing....They must have a amplifier setup worthy of the foo fighters cos it was really loud, and the fact that was in dense fog and you couldn't see anything made it a very weird experience.....

Anyway as stated another 25 miles, feet good, shoes good, legs good, perhaps god is looking down on me!!!

The Beast of Chingford

Well it hopped like a rabbit, but was the size of a fat fox (or large dog), it was like a wallaby but had chunky front legs, To be honest I'm not sure what it was!!!

A heavy 8 days.....

Sat - Round Rotherham 50 miles
Mon - Bike 38 Miles
Wed - Run home from work 10 miles
Thu - Run home from work 10 miles
Fri - Run home from work 10 miles
Sat - Walk 8 Miles
Sun - Lee Vally training run 26 miles

Total = running/walking 114 miles, bike 38 miles

So if i fall asleep in your company it's not because you are boring it just that i'm a bit tired!!