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Aug
02

Waking up aching

We’re just about to drive back to London after being in Yorkshire since Wednesday night and I woke up this morning with every single leg muscle feeling the pain of covering almost 30 miles  in four runs since we got here. So I decided to set out this morning for a nice easy recovery run… [...]

Aug
01

Nearly running barefoot

Hangovers all round after Laura’s sister Alice’s wedding to Andy on Saturday night but despite the fuzzy head, my main wedding gaffe came before we even set off for the wedding. The reception was taking place in a marquee at Laura’s father’s house and the plan was for the family to stay in a Day’s [...]

Jul
31

Day 315, 49 days to go!

Day 315 today, 49 days left to go and it was a bit of a bitty run. Lovely countryside again but I set off in a direction I’m not familiar with, towards a village called Wike. Conveniently, it’s almost exclusively uphill good training at least for the Athens Marathon I am attempting in October which [...]

Jul
30

Off roading in East Keswick

We’ve been back in Leeds now since Wednesday night getting ready for Laura’s sister’s wedding tomorrow and it’s been pretty busy. With Laura veering between helping out on wedding and relaxing with the twins, I’ve been left to ferry my mum around who is over from Greece for the wedding and wants to check off [...]