He writes. He runs. He rambles on about footy
06:00 Sunday November 1st 2015: Stevenage Half Marathon day! I’m awake, mainly due to my daughter, Amber, deciding that the day starts now. With my kit all laid out the night before and a 10:00 start, I have no worries for a little while. Might as …
Read MoreKeeping with the 80’s top cheese theme, I couldn’t resist the reference to the fact that I HAVE ONLY ONE MONTH TO GO!!!! Oh crap. Oh crappity crap. This is getting serious now! Before I’ll know it I’ll be on the plane and the final preparations …
Read More…Wooooooaaah livin’ on a prayer! Take my…………Ahem. Got a bit carried away there! So what do these lyrics from the slice of pure 80s cheese have got to do with anything? Well, it’s in honour of me achieving a half marathon today. 13.1 miles is …
Read MoreI was up north at the weekend, which meant two things: rain and hills (I’m sure my friends would offer a third – gravy!) Rain I don’t mind, but I was advised to avoid hills for the moment as they could give my knee problems. …
Read MoreThe Liverpool players knew they had been lucky to survive the Champions League qualifier against Standard Liege last night. Once again they put me through torture in Europe! Part of me wasn’t too bothered if we’d gone out, strangely enough. The rationale was that a) …
Read MoreHe’s back…hopefully for good!!! Every day from Friday, I’ve been getting up and doing my inner quad exercises for twenty minutes. It’s actually quite painful and drags on and on, but it seems to be working. Yesterday, I did about thirty minutes’ walking on the …
Read MoreOn Thursday, I went to another sports physio recommended to me by my friend. Yet again, on the day I went, my knee decided to feel much better, but I went along expecting him to confirm the doctor’s diagnosis of an inflamed tendon. Guess what? …
Read MoreI’m going teetotal until after the marathon!!! That’s two and a half months of no drinking. Not a drop will pass my lips until after I’ve run the 26.2 miles in November. Farewell Foster’s. Bye bye Budweiser. Auf Wiedersehen vodka Red Bull. So why am …
Read MoreI went to the doctor’s this morning after getting a surprising 9:10 appointment. He examined my knee by prodding and poking around, and after finding that I had very little pain with this, announced although I didn’t have a serious problem, I did have an …
Read MoreAs my knee was feeling much better, I decided I’d try another run tonight. Buoyed by the arrival of my funky new knee support, I was hoping for a pain-free run on the flat, at a slow pace, in the dry. Well, I got the …
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