Running towards

“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must, just never give up.” Dean Karnazes May 13th – Days until Dartmoor: 3, Days to Silverstone 10k: 113 I was going to call this, ‘the road to recovery’, but thought better of it as that would put me in direct comparison with…

“And so of cheerfulness, or a good temper – the more it is spent, the more of it remains.” Ralph Waldo Emerson 31 Jan – Days to go on 100 days dry: 71. Days until the Dartmoor Way: 104 For whatever reason, I have slept more consistently over the last few nights. Maybe the patterns…

“Progress is rarely a straight line. There are always bumps in the road, but you can make the choice to keep looking ahead.” Kara Goucher 9th Feb – Days to go on 100 days dry: 62. Days until the Dartmoor Way: 95 It had to happen. Whilst I have only been on this journey for…

“What is the reason? Soon the ‘why’ and the ‘reason’ are gone and all that matters is the feeling. This is the nature of the universe. We struggle against it, we fight to deny it; but is of course a lie. Beneath our posed appearance we are completely out of control.” The Merovingian, The Matrix…

So, yesterday’s repeat of the failed 7k with drills was brutal, unforgiving and outstanding. What I failed to mention, or had completely forgotten was that at the end of the 5 x 1km race pace intervals, there was a sting in the tail in the form of 3 x 200 meter sprints at a ‘controlled…

“Don’t believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate.” – Renee Jain 11th April – Days to go on 100 days dry: 2. Days until the Dartmoor Way: 35 With only 5 weeks to go (as of today) until the first day of the Dartmoor 108, I confess I am a little nervous….