My Journey to the World Marathon Challenge 2021

The news came through that the 7 marathons race that I was training for is now only happening every two years. That means that the 2021 race is no longer happening. There is no way that we will be able to raise the entry fee by the 2020 race, nor will I be fit enough.… Continue reading Big changes

Last week was an excellent one as I completed all 11 activities and on the days that they should be done. Life tried to conspire against me, but I held it back and made things work. Fitting in all 11 activities can be a challenge and it is only through the patience of work and… Continue reading An excellent week

The last two weeks have been interesting. Having watched Game Changer and Forks over Knives, two documentaries on what we should and shouldn’t eat, Carole and I took the decision that we should head towards a more Whole Food diet. The vast amount of protein that I was consuming through the eating of meat and… Continue reading Going whole food

This week was the first in a while where I actually managed to do all 11 training sessions! It was really good to get them all in. I felt a real sense of success. The week started with me feeling tired as I had overdone the end of the previous week. Monday’s 7 mile run… Continue reading A good week

For those of you with a keen eye you will have noticed that I have not done an update for a while. This is because I have been lazy and on holiday to recover from that fantastic result of the Henley half marathon. My body was completely shot after putting so much effort on to… Continue reading Recovery and on wards

Sorry that I have not been keeping in touch for the last few weeks but the joys of the technical world that we now live in have conspired against us. We have put a bodge in place until we can find out what has gone wrong. The last weeks since I wrote have been really… Continue reading Catch up after technical difficulties

This week saw the most important event for me in a very long time, the completion of the sale of my house. We have been trying to sell it for nearly two years, but the market has been dead. Friday was D-day for the sale. Unfortunately, things to prepare for the departure were not as… Continue reading A really big week

A two week holiday and a week of a stomach bug has kept me away from my blog. Hopefully you missed me and were terribly worried. LOL The first week of our holiday we stayed at home for a couple of days and did chores! Not so much of an holiday, but then we went… Continue reading 3 week catch up

Having made some good progress last week I was dismayed to have an injury on my right knee this week. It turned up on Tuesday and meant that I had to abandon my run that morning. I also gave in to it on Wednesday for my run, gym and swim. Thankfully, it occurred to me… Continue reading A tricky week with injury

It is often said that the second and third week of a new or increased exercise regime are the hardest. Well I have to concur on that one now. This last week was the second of the new regime and it was tough. My body was still reeling from the increase the week before, so… Continue reading Tough week with some excitement