Paris doldrums

[steve scott]

6 weeks ago everything was going swimmingly,7 of us are heading for Paris and our training was going great.How things can change Paul the goat who had taken it upon himself to drag me all over the south downs in order to get me under 3 hours has pulled out after battling through a long list of injurys.Gary is struggling with injury but still optimistic about starting , Ben the dentist has serious knee problems, Dill sprained his ankle during the Brighton half and has,nt run since, Bomber Harris got in trouble recently at a German beer festival at has,nt yet recoverd. I hurt my left calf 2 weeks ago and ran for the 1st time last sunday ,i only made it to Rottingdean and walked back, our only shinning light is Chrissy boy the non runner of the group who ran a fantastic 1;40 at the brighton half and is loving every minute of his training.
I,m hoping to get to the marina on Sunday for a gentle run to the wire and to wish ash chris roger and dave good luck for the 2 oceans .

p.s. Im still going for it when i get there