Despite resting for four weeks prior to the previous day’s run, my legs felt relatively good when I awoke on the Saturday. My knees were a little stiff, but my muscles felt good. This was somewhat of a relief. For the first time in my life, I forced down a bowl of porridge. I’m pretty […]
Despite the fact that I was due to run towards Sheffield later in the day, last Friday (1st March 2013) started like every other Friday. Woke up, washed, dressed and then went to pick up breakfast cobs for work colleagues from Brown Betty’s and went to work (and yes, I did wonder whether or not […]
I sit here writing this with an ice pack strapped to each leg. Having thought that my limbs were nicely recovered from the run to Birmingham, I went out last weekend for a simple 4.25 mile circuit. Sadly my knees gave in about half a mile from the end. Despite being in pain for the […]
After my ice (well, just cold) bath I soaked in as hot a bath that the Travelodge Tamworth City Centre had to offer, which wasn’t very warm. After the 43 miles of running, I fell asleep in no time. It proved to be quite an interrupted night as a developing cold and the pain in […]
The usual routine saw me arriving at the club shop in time for 9am, where I met Dad and offloaded my bags into the car. I had pre-arranged to stop by at the Nigel Doughty Academy early into my run so that I could grab a quick photo there to help with some promotion and […]
It seems very strange to be writing another preview post so soon after the run to Derby… I’m fresh out of witty things to write about, so I’m going to have to think of some fresh material in order to keep you all entertained. In fact, there’s not a great deal to talk about. Despite […]
As the snow continued to fall, Derby County FC had confirmed that the match was going to go ahead before I had to leave the house and make my way to the City Ground. Even with layers of clothes and my winter coat on, it was so cold. I took the bus to the stadium […]
