while the neglect of this journal continues, please be assured that marathon training is most definitely not being neglected! I hav been feeling the effects of working on the garden last week though –… 24 Apr 2013 – not nineteen forever

  so stomach upsets, working on the garden renovation and other everyday things have meant that this journal has been badly neglected. The marathon training has continued though, and here’s a quick catch up of… 18 Apr 2013 – little bones

I never saw this one coming. If I had, I don’t think I would have been so keen to start on this path to getting fit. “I see you’re doing really well with your exercise… completely frigging bonkers

  still have a bit of an upset stomach, but I went for a run anyway – can’t afford to slip back on the schedule… summary Time got up (today): 03:00 Mood (1 to 5):… 09 Apr 2013 – burn in hell

  so, a quick recap of the weekend… saturday – rest day sunday – 16.03km in 2:19:11 monday – rest day I made today a rest day for two main reasons – firstly I slept… 08 Apr 2013 – shifting gears

  my friday morning run takes just under an hour (including post-run stretching), so I don’t need to get up quite so early as when I hit the gym… unfortunately, nobody told my body clock… 05 Apr 2013 – shoot the runner

  rest day today, and whether you judge it by the fact I woke up at 5:20am, or the aching of my legs from yesterday’s half marathon row – either way it is most welcome!… 04 Apr 2013 – no rest