Illness it was then...

chest infection was the diagnosed, to be honest I've probably had it quite a while and just been ignoring it, after a long course of heavy duty antibiotics i can't say I'm feeling total right but at least my chest doesn't hurt each time i breath in or out!!!, I've only run twice in the last 6 weeks, once at the aborted Caesar's camp race and today at the Toronto marathon!!!, unlike Caesar's i actually finished this race and in a time of 3:48 which all things considered I'm quite happy with

Illness or over-training you decide

I'm going with illness i have been doing a fair amount of training but no more than I've done in the past, i missed a couple of races with cold like symptoms which i just could not shift, i had the obligatory mild swine flu that every 'man' has had, more annoyingly i missed the London to Brighton when i felt fine during the week but by the time the weekend and the race came i felt appalling, it was at this point that i decide to take 3 weeks off from any running/cycling just doing a little light walking, do i feel any better, no not really but I'm bored so have decided to have a go at the Caesar's 50, i have a busy few weeks lined up after the Caesars 50, i have a weekend of navigation training in Brecons followed by a week in Toronto and the Toronto marathon, then hopefully at the end of October i have a week away somewhere warm to do some swim training.....

A bit sluggish.......

Well i have an excuse, that being 62 running miles, 115 cycling miles in 8 days....ankle and groin have been fine but i have a slightly sore right achilles which will require a few rest days to make sure it doesn't develop into anything.....

A busy few weeks......

Just a quick catchup, its been a busy few weeks, Jo had a unsuccessful attempt at the A2A, it was an amazing effort and she will be back in a couple of years for another go, i followed her overnight run and add that to the days work i had already done and it was 38 hours without sleep, all good practise i suppose, the last couple of weeks have been spent either cycling to/from work or running home, it added up to quite a few miles, even mild swine flu didn't stop me, my ankles have been quite sore but the stretching and the frequent use of my ultra sound machine seem to be finally making a difference, at last i seem to have got over the groin strain i have been suffering with for the last 2 years it been a while but finally the running is becoming pain free, this weekend I'm off to the Peak district for the 31 mile race so we shall see where we are at on a longer run.

Armchair athlete

Saturday i took a quick drive up to Hull to see Rab at the 24hr track race, he was on good form but even the lap counter couldn't help but notice that their was more walking/talking than running :-) but true to form he was still going 24hr later.....Sunday Jo was due to start her Arch to Arc challenge but the good old British weather has delayed the start until the weather is good enough for the channel swim section, fingers crossed for some better weather later this week.
As for me it's been a bit of a slack week, managed 3 x 10 milers and a couple of short walks, hopefully things will settle down later this week and i can get back to either running or cycling to/from work.

A bit of a mixture.....

Over the last couple of weeks i have continued to cycle to and from work, I've done a couple of shortish runs which have been hard work, I've done a couple of longish walks and some unicycling so a bit of mixture really....I've not unicycled for a few years now and it is certainly utilizing some muscles that don't get used too often, you can certainly feel it in the legs the following day!!

What a great day in the hills.....

but what a long day, a great run in the Hill's by Talybont-on-Usk, ankle was quite sore but then under foot conditions were never going to make it a smooth run, shin was fine, felt good so did a very hilly 25.5 miles, legs were quite stiff the next day but i think the 5hrs it took to get home was a little to blame.....