Overall this has been a pretty good week. Not only did I manage to get some quality training completed, but the sun has been out and the grass is a little longer, meaning that I was able to finish with a well deserved barefoot run tonight. It’s also happy anniversary to ‘my feet’! Strange you might think – but today was the Frimley 10Km and for those of you able to think back a year, Frimley 2010 was Event 1 of my Run4Recovery challenge. My feet have been running for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity for a whole year now! I’m sure they were better looking when I started, but they seem to be standing up to the pace (pardon the pun!). Fed up of being a running widow, my wife ‘gazumped’ me this morning by running Frimley with a friend. Her first 10Km race, so an extra special ‘well done’ to her.
With the London Marathon just 1 week away, I started my pre-race prep on friday with a night out and lots of beer washed down with a Chinese (or was it the other way round?). I survived the next day with a pretty clear head so I’m working on the delusion that it has probably done me more good than harm. Taper week this week, so I’ll be making sure I concentrate on a gentle miles and early nights. Well, that’s the plan anyway!
Well done both of you on your recent running events! …and good luck for the London Marathon. Never managed that oneself but maybe I will one day following your inspirational “feet”!!!!!!
Have fun