I finally managed to drag myself outside for my first run of 2007. It wasn’t pretty but it wasn’t as bad as I had feared either. I ran the perimeter of Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park after work. It is about 7km and I managed to do it without stopping… I kept up a reasonable pace as well but boy did it hurt! My lungs felt at times like they were over-expanding to twice their normal capacity and after about 5km I hardly had the strength to lift my legs. The only thing that kept me going was knowing that in 5 days time I was going to have to run three times this distance with my little brother out in front laughing at me. Hastings is going to be messy.
we support you!!! we can wait for you at the finish line with some cold pizza ready to be eaten… good luck Will!