First of my runs. Starting off easy with walking / running to ease my body back into running. 5 minutes walking to warm up then 3 mins. run / 2 mins walk 6 times ending up running at the end of 3 miles. Remnants of a recent cold lingering but a lot of yucky stuff…

So what went wrong ? As you can see, I started off well, clocking around 15 minutes per mile but this crept up and was around 20 minutes when I decided to jack it in. This is what I think I did wrong… Started too fast – I had 48 hours to get around and I…

Up nice and early after a decent night’s sleep. I made a hearty breakfast and re-checked my bag as I ate it (the breakfast, that is, not the bag!) I caught the Number 10 bus arriving at event HQ a little before 10:00, just in time to see the earlier starters being sent on their…

All the preparation is done. All the gear is packed. Kev is ready. The 100 has finally arrived ! As planned, I caught the train down to Weymouth and duly arrived around 5pm. I made my way, around the corner, to the prom and to apartment 5. HQ for the week was a great little…

With a little over 4 weeks to go until the Dorset 100, I decided that it was time to move up a gear and get into 100 mode (or Ton Up continuing the motoring metaphor). On Monday, I walked to Moseley to meet the other half from work. I chose to walk along the Birmingham…