Happy New Year
Hello all, it's been a while since my last post so there's a lot for me to talk about. I hope you can get through it all without nodding off. I hope everyone had a very happy Christmas and new year. I know we certainly did. It was a quiet one but it was really nice to spend some time with my family. I tried to keep my training ticking over, during the Christmas break, to try and limit the amount of plumage that I gained. Santa was very good to me and got me a pair of Hoka trainers, a Finis Tempo Trainer and some other goodies. December 29th saw me run my first ever half marathon. I was just hoping to get round and finish it for purely psychological reasons. I figured that if I could run a half marathon at this time of year, I could manage the marathon distance at the end of the Ironman. I managed to get round in 2hrs 3mins, which I was reasonably happy with. I was holding a 9:32 pace, up until the last 3 miles, when it dropped to nearly 11min/mile. I started to get...