Disaster

Saturday 30th October 2010

Less than 1 week to departure to New York, everyone has been wishing me well and asking if i am ready. My response has been consistant in that yes i am ready well as ready as you can be i have done all the training and am now winding down so as not to tire my legs out for the race, everything has really been routine.

When i say routine i mean knocking out 14 mile training runs has not really been a problem, so why disaster you ask, well i am currently lying on the sofa with an ice pack wrapped around my hamstring which decided to recoil like a colt 45, 3.5 miles into my 6 mile training run this afternoon.

Its strange i have been less worried about injury over the last week or so, my main concern has been not to catch the cold that is currently doing the rounds at work, my work colleagues have been dropping like flies, so in the interest of maintaining good health i have been dosing myself up with beechams which seems to have worked so far.

I am hoping this is a minor blip in the schedule, my last longish run is due tomorrow just 8 miles and i agreed to go out with my mate Pete which i was looking forward to as so far all of my training has been on my own, i am hoping the ice pack will do the trick.

I can honestly say that since returning from Africa i have never felt so tired and knackered my body has constantly ached, the actual training required to complete this marathon is so time consuming there is no time for anything else in your life at all, so in all honesty i am really looking forward to November 8th when its truly all over.

Well i say all over we have decided to defer the black tie dinner until June next year and that will form part of my charity golf day, so theoretically there is time to fit in 1 more mountain, Elbrus is looking favorite.

Will update on injury tomorrow.

Sent from my HTC