I’m back….

Hi folks,

So this was in danger of turning into the world’s worst blog, as I haven’t posted since Oct 23rd (6 weeks). You must have all been beside yourselves for 6 weeks desperate for a post to read? Erm…

Anyway, in summary my training has gone like this:

w/c 29th Oct- ran every day, logged 50 miles and the bottom of my foot started hurting. Did I focus on recovery and rehab? Of course not I just gave up and immersed myself in working really long hours and drinking beer.

There’s something about being your own boss that can create real workaholic behaviours. That’s a blog for another time. In fairness in the last 6 weeks I have worked in Budapest, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Dublin. Oh and also in Derby, London, Manchester, Wolverhampton and Maidenhead. So training has been difficult to fit in. As usual I have been very consistent in my beer drinking and eating out! I’ve also had to suffer the pain of toothache and subsequent root canal treatment. Having a piece of material that seems like it was ripped off a tent pushed down your mouth is the closest to a panic-attack inducing experience I have had since I stood on the scales back in August.

So basically no ‘athletic’ progress since the last blog. More like ‘pathetic’ progress.

I have considered just giving up on the goal to be honest and just doing the odd jog and bike ride for fun. But then I had a word with myself. Well actually a few words and they are nearly all unprintable.

So I’m going to start again now. I’m finishing up for Xmas on Friday 14th Dec and am going to take a good 4 weeks off (other than the odd work phone call) and start again on 14th Jan. That gives me a solid 4 weeks of training opportunity. I will be mostly jogging, trotting, shuffling and wobbling some miles and also sitting on my turbo trainer watching netflix. To show my extreme dedication I am considering giving up beer. Don’t get too shocked. I will replace with Gin & tonic!

I have also entered some races. The 2019 schedule goes like this:

January 20th- 4 Villages half marathon. I am bound to post a time in this which is absolute toilet given it is only 6 weeks away. I will do well to finish it to be honest.

January 27th- Borders league– If I (inevitably) do badly at this I will blame tiredness from the half marathon last weekend!

February 17th- Village Bakery half marathon. Looking at my current physique you might think I am sponsored by the Village Bakery but no this is an event in Wrexham with a mind-numbingly boring course. I hope to be a little bit less shit than at the 4 Villages half.

March 3rd- Borders league- I will use the same excuse as the previous Borders league but it will be less believable as I will have had 2 weeks to recover from the Village Bakery half

March 10th- Trafford 10km- There will no doubt be an excellent field at this event. Will be a good benchmark to see where I am at and how much improvement I need to make by September.

March 31st- Borders league- another one

April 5th-12th- going cycling in Italy with Amy. Will I lose weight from mega miles in the mountains or will I just over-eat pasta, pizza and ice-cream?

April 26th- Mid-Cheshire 5km- a rapid course only a couple of miles from my house!

May 27th- Vitality London 10km– thought I would enter a big event where I can get carried along by a big group!

Sept 8th- City of Salford 10km– I will find some more events between May and Sept. By this point I will have 3% body fat, be jogging 4minute miles and people will be asking me if I am part-Kenyan.

Plan to blog again soon……