December - the road to London

[marathondan]

Week -1 of 18

Yeah, ticking along OK thanks mate. Although I don't do streets any more - sticking to the local patch of grassland, mostly with the headtorch and occasionally with no shoes or socks. Popping out for an hour later; we had heavy rain earlier so it could be a mudbath.

One more week of warmup then I need to start throwing sessions in and increasing the mileage. This campaign will undoubtedly be the tale of the ankle though. After a 6 week layoff it was fine, but now I'm back to three runs a week it's nigglingly sore again when resting, although not noticeable when running. Will see how it goes and seek advice if necessary. I think I might try a full 1.5 miles barefoot tonight and see if the resulting stiffness when I get out of bed tomorrow drowns out the ankle issue...

Missed one run this week due to a flying visit to Dubai. Hung around in one of the city's Irish bars but didn't bump into Sweder. He was no doubt in his hotel watching Mo Farah videos in mental preparation for that blistering 5K...