May
03
I’ve not been to the gym in ages and felt that I was losing a bit of upper body strength and so I went to my local Virgin Active today doing three miles on the treadmill, followed by a decent weights session. On the treadmill, I found myself next to a young lad who looked [...]
Apr
16
So the penultimate run before Sunday’s Brighton Marathon went well this morning. I didn’t really push it and also didn’t look at the Garmin again as I was running to check my speed and still did under 9mins 30secs a mile. I also went to my last sports massage before the face. Lillian at the [...]
Apr
09
After this morning’s run I had my weekly sports massage at Virgin Active with Lillian and told her about my visit to the physio. While she agreed with what the physio had said, Lillian was quite forthright in her general assesment of my condition. “James, the only way you will totally get rid of shin [...]
Mar
30
A big thank you to everyone who has emailed over the last couple of days with encouraging messages over the shin splints issue and especially to Maxine Sheppard of Virgin’s travel inspirations site V:travelled (check them out) who’s put me onto the Bowen Technique – I’ll sign up for a session or two and see [...]
Mar
27
So I feared the worst when I went to see Lillian, the sports masseuse at Virgin Active in Streatham yesterday and she confirmed it within seconds of touching my legs. ‘You’re starting to get shin splints.’ It’s the two words most runners dread and, having suffered before, I knew the telltale signs were there all [...]
Mar
25
Please donate to my chosen charities by clicking here I won’t harp on about this every post otherwise the blog will become more about fundraising than about the challenge… but I’m overwhelmed that, with Gift Aid, I’ve already raised more than £700. Thanks so much to all that have donated and to all those that [...]
Mar
16
Another day, another landmark and just before making it home this morning, I clocked up my 700th mile since I started this challenge towards the end of September last year. Once again, the second day after the long run was the most painful… the legs frightfully stiff and me limping around Streatham on one of [...]
Mar
12
Not much to report today really… At around 10 this morning I went to my local gym, the Virgin Active in Streatham and had a sports massage with Lillian before a rather boring treadmill run followed by a weights sessions. The legs are feeling less tight than at any time over the last two weeks… [...]
Mar
04
Four days of taking it really easy, a ton of Ibuprofen, ice packs and an hour’s sports massage and I’m still feeling the wrong side of sore on my left shin. This morning’s run wasn’t that bad but I’ve stiffened right up since so I’ve spent much of the day trying to find things to [...]
Mar
02
For Lillian, the sports masseuse I woke up this morning with the calf still sore and was just about to go out for a slow one when an email popped into my box: ‘You sound sore, fancy some company?’ It was my pal, Ben Maher, who is training for the London Marathon and was working [...]
