Friday, 13 February 2009

The Good,the Bad & the Ugly !!


The title may seem a little misleading this ain't no Spagetti Western, although pasta does sound good !!


I guess I should cover them in order ;


The Good


Sunday's Punchbowl 30 mile off road Ultra marathon in Surrey.


On Saturday I set out for Sutton to my mate Dave's anticipating a long train journey, I got to Sutton faster than I ever had in under 2 hours. Dave's girl Mel cooked us the wonderful above mentioned Spagetti. Mel's a marathon running chef, that boy sure has landed on his feet !!


We headed off to Wimbledon for a few beers & an evening at a comedy club - had a fun night, 2 of the 3 comedians were incredibly funny & host New Yorker (via Peckham !)Lewis Shaffer worked the crowd well.


I expected a low turnout on the Sunday & whilst the event was full at 300 entrants an extra 100 were allowed on the day entry. It was wonderful running & navigating through the snow, the hilltop views of the snow covered countryside were a sight to behold. I ran with my mate Simon Illingworth & got to congratualte him on the MBE he received in the Queen's new years honours list, very well deserved for all his charity work since recovering from Cancer.


With 5 miles to go the field condensed & a group of 10 of us continued on towards the finish, Dave & Mel were amongst the group & Dave & I "treated" our fellow runners to our rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody !!


To my suprise we finished inside 6 hours & were treated to beans on toast & chips with a lovely cup of tea at the finish.


With marathon number 49 done I can look forward to my half century on March 8th, the day before my sisters 40th & a month after my mum's 60th (birthday's that is,not marathons !!).Number 50 will be down in Redruth, Cornwall & I can't wait.


The Bad


Work, it's been a quiet week & the dreaded redundancies are about to start, worry times for all :(


The Ugly


last night's run.


I ran 5.8 miles in a snow storm & it was lovely & only took an extra 30 seconds on top of my usual run but was very pleased. I met 5 hardy club mates & set off for an hours run, after 20 minutes the tank was empty & I had no energy I was really struggling but Andy & Fiona helped keep me going, I had to dig deep mentally but I made it & looking back it was good mental training for May.


Today I'm having a rest & recovering, I ran a leisurely 4 mile recovery run in my lunchbreak - you didn't really expect me to have a day off did you ?!!!


Keep on running


best wishes


Foxy Davy


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