You will do it Andy

[El Gordo]

Yo Rick, great to hear from you again.

Thanks for the encouragement. I didn't intend to write a pessimistic entry. Just the opposite really, but from the messages I've had today, it must have come across like that. Nigel in particular gave me some good advice, so I'll have to do some thinking.

Actually, the training hasn't gone that badly. and I've quite enjoyed the races I've done. But I've missed a couple of long runs completely, and another couple haven't gone that well. But so be it. No point in dwelling on that. I've done about 85% of the miles I'm supposed to have done, which could be better but could be worse (he said profoundly).

Had a good 5 miler this morning, and intend to do 8 or 10 tomorrow, a 5 on Thursday, then a rest day before the weekend. I don't yet know whether to try to catch up on the missed 20 miler or drop down to the 12 that Hal's schedule calls for at this stage. I know the arguments about not trying to recover lost miles, but it would make me feel a whole lot better to get a 20 under my belt.

Anyway, I hope your own running is going OK these days. Dare I ask what the latest news is? You'd been advised to give up but were hoping to get a more favourable second opinion, I seem to recall.

Hal is due over here in a few weeks but I'm going to be out of the country, unfortunately.

Stay tuned, Rick.

Cheers

Andy