Friday 6th July

Well no blogs for a while as I have been hard training. The Hadrians Wall Ultra Marathon event is now done and dusted and Mick and myself have recovered from the effects of travelling such a long distances with very little breaks. we have entered a team for the Marine Challenge in October so that is something else to train for, but we have decided not to do the VO2 challenge in September. There is only so much punishment a middle aged body can take before it breaks. A full report on the Hadrians Wall challenge will be in the Challenges section of this site. I have now decided that I want to try a Triathlon but as I have not really swam for several years I think that I need to concentrate in that area before I enter any! Oh yes and I had better get a decent bike so the canoe and trailer will have to go. I am pretty confident in my cycling and running skills but I know how rusty I am with the swimming so David my youngest Son will be giving me some tuition in that area. I learnt an awful lot from the ultra but the main thing is that the more you spend on your footwear the better and realistically there is a limit to what you can get your body to do. The upside is that we completed it and because of the training I had done I was able to recover really quickly from the adverse effects put on your body by such an extreme event. I would definitely like to do another one in the future but I will certainly make sure that I have got a good support team behind and Sharon on standby to treat all injuries and complaints.