West to East on the Hadrians Wall.

Hi. Training is back on, but in a more gentle fashion. Tomorrow morning a friend and I will bet getting a remarkably early train to Carlisle in the North West. We are walking a large chunk of the Hadrians Wall in 3 days. Our plan is to start just East of Carlisle and walk 26 miles on Friday, 15 miles on Saturday and another 15 on Sunday which will get us to a train station / taxi / bus so we can return to Carlisle. As we do not really fancy walking through city's we are not doing the full length, and as we have time limit of work on Monday in London!

If anyone is on the wall on the weekend look out for us? We will be setting a startling pace!

Have enjoyable weekends!

One step forward....

A few people have asked me to provide an update on the blog as it has been so long. The reason for the delay has been because I have been pretty unwell for a few weeks! Not doom and gloom but because I learnt a lesson not long ago my training has almost stopped.

I ran the Hastings half marathon feeling under the weather. Being a typical bloke I thought I would "get through it" and promptly found myself on a course of anti biotics (sinusitis, chest infection plus dodgy type of flu). I duly took these for a couple of weeks and did not train, as per doctors orders. I then very foolishly took part in a 10k Race in Richmond Park! The race itself, plus the organisation was fantastic and I must thank "The Fix" (who arrange it) for getting me in last minute. My time was 50.01 which is 2 minutes slower than my last 10k and proof that I had dome some damage to my training.

Before the race, the fella on the microphone introduced a chap who was flying to the Arctic the very next day to take part in the Arctic Marathon. I spent some time chatting with him (I was very impressed with his beard!) and his main concern was getting injured before the marathon, so the 10K race was a slow run to give him time to think and mentally prepare. Taking on some of this wisdom I hung up my running shoes, have avoided the gym and have been on a road to recovery ever since. I am not sure how he got on, but when I find a link I will post it.

So I am faced with a mental dilemma. I am asked a lot about the training and feel very guilty having not done much, especially when I have you folk following a blog that does not appear! Being of a slightly foolish disposition, I just want to get out there and get on with it, but I am resisting until I am totally better. Another doctors appointment will be arranged if I am not better in a week as this will be over a month and not right.

I hope this does not seem like a whinge, it is supposed to explain my absence, and to a certain extent my mood. Mentally I am all up for it, physically I am not 100%.

Any words of wisdom?

Until the next time - be healthy!