He's not with me.....

You see a few strange sights on the canal towpath, this morning while running (16 miles!) to work i noticed a very tall man running towards me wildly flapping his arms like a bird, initially i thought he was stretching or something but as he got closer i realised he was actually trying to fly, he had no shirt or shoes on and had the glint of a mad man in his eye as he passed me still violently flapping his arms, even his dog who was obediently following him had the 'he's not with me/oh this is so embarrassing' look on his little dog face!!!

Lost in London...

5 hours in what turned out to be a 18 hour shift at work i decided to go for a run up the Regent canel, the aim was to follow the canal to Regent park a quick loop of the park and then back to work, at Islington the canal goes under ground for about a mile, unfortunatly i could not find where to rejoin the canal so had to run down Pentonville road, Euston road, in the end i didn't get to run round the park i'll save that for next time and i just turned around and run back the way i came.

Welcome back endurance, we have missed you..

2 weeks of a revised and reduced training schedule, stretching, frictions and daily ultra sound treatment seem to paying off, i wouldn't go as far as a pain free but certainly heading in the right direction, on tonights run their was also a hint of the old endurance coming back......

Back to basics....

In an attempt to sort out my niggling injuries and enable me to put in a good showing at my next race i have decided not to do any races until the International Round Rotherman 50 miler in December. I have put together a training schedule focused towards the 50 mile event, come December i will re focus the training towards the 6633 Artic ultra......

Hard work

The last couple of weeks illness really have drained me of any energy anything but the shortest run has been hard work, I will take it easy for the next couple of weeks and see how we go.

A little unwell....

Just as i started to step up the training I'm hit for 6 with quite a severe bout of gastroenteritis, to be honest i don't think i have ever felt as unwell as i have done for the last 12 days or so, the good news is that I'm feeling alot better now and managed a short run this morning without any dramas.

Brecon Beacons

The Likeys boys and girls organised a training weekend up in the Brecon Beacons, it was a good excuse to get out in the hills and test my new tent.

Day 1: 20 miles or so, some very steep climbs, took it easy but felt fine

Day 2: 20 miles or so, some very steep climbs, felt good until the end of the last big climb when i became alarmingly tired and disorientated, really really struggled until a couple of miles from the end when i seemed to pick up a little. Hopefully the gastroenteritis that raised it head 2 days later will explain my sudden and dramatic decline.

Great weekend, good to catch up with the Likeys boys and girls and to have a nose round their store room, most of the attendies for training for the MDS and seemed very well prepared....