Taper week one: Sunday - It always amazes me that no matter whether I've my alarm set or not, my body is alert at 5.30am. It was nice to be able to turn over and go back to sleep however as for the first time since well before I was diagnosed, I felt like I…

"PEAK WEEK - Peak week is your highest mileage week of training, which comes from slowly building up to your longest run and is followed by your taper. Taper can be dreaded by many runners…but not when you peak correctly – which is just a couple weeks prior to race day, and your body is…

Sunday - As much as I wanted a nice lie in I was awake on and off during the night and then again from 7.30am. Pure excitement for the Great North Run! Last year I lined up with countless others on the motorway and ran under the smoke of the Red Arrows, in the footsteps…

SEPTEMBER - The bringer of the last days of summer and the first days of Autumn. A time to gather the harvest and start to prepare for the winter months. There are flowers enough in the summertime, More flowers than I can remember - But none with the purple, gold and the red That dye…

Sunday - Although my rest day with it being so beautiful and warm, we were keen to get out and about. After a lie in and late breakfast we donned walking shoes and set off. It took less than 5minutes for my body to start to protest…there was literally no gas in the tank, the…