Fallings to bits

About 25 years ago my doctor advised me to stop doing so much running. After two weeks I started agin because he didn’t tell me how long to stop for. Now he doesn’t bother to tell me he just says “what do you expect after the things you’ve done to your body?”

Why do I tell you this? Because my training for the Gobi Challenge has been going really well and I’ve been very careful about my regime to get myself prepared for it. However, for the last four days I haven’t felt like doing anything and it feels like my body has come to a grinding halt.

I use the tabbing method for my training as I find that if I actually run for more than 20 minutes at a time my joints sieze up the next day. If I stick to running 15 and walking 5/10 I can keep going for ever and feel absolutely fine the next day. I manage to do 5 MPH comfortably and considering that my average pace for the MdS, jungle etc is less than 4 MPH, I’m happy with that and the system allows me to keep doing these type of events. I don’t care about being last - and I’m usually somewhere near that position - I just enjoy the challenge of trying to finish the course.

I’m determined to shake of the lethargy and get out there again tomorrow. Only three months left for training but I’m pretty confident I’ll be in good form when the time comes.

Mike

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