I’m heading back to London  this Thursday to run the Marathon with a few friends, I’m really looking forward to this year, training has been tougher than usual in the heat of Phuket (compared to London) so I am hoping I will do OK still, I’d like to beat my best of 4.39.10 this time, we shall see, if not I am just going to enjoy the run and make sure I have some energy left for the last 5 miles

Wish me luck and I will see you on the other side, I’m looking forward to returning to Phuket and running on June 11th @ Laguna!

Thank you

Mark

after a double boot camp over the weekend which ive already probably mentioned more than once, i am well and truely back on the fitness campaign!
today i managed around 4 kms,took it nice and easy as legs are still very stiff,so was a case of power walking and light jogging.
all this took place just before 6 am!
feeling great today so far hopefully its going to stay the same!
until next time dj doris is not going to break any world records and im not going to try simply doing the training at my own pace.
talk soon
the doris has spoken!

started the running today AGAIN!Delayed due to the weather as in previous blogs however the doris is back!
only managing 3 kms this morning going to take it easy as its been a few weeks since any training at all.

planning to run 5 times per week from this day on.have to start eating better and especially at whjat times i eat.
has the fitness bug got me again?Lets hope so,stay tuned folks!

So from Monday to Thursday last week I wasn’t just good, I was very good. I watched what I ate, hardly drank and did loads of training. I did a total of 28km of runnning including a 65min 12km run and I also did 2.5km in the pool.

Then I had a curry. Then I went to a friend’s for dinner on Friday and drank too much. Then I spent 6 hours in the pub on Saturday watching sport and drinking. On sunday I went for brunch at Indigo Pearl and then on Monday I had McDonalds all with no exercise.

So yesterday I got back on the road and did 8km – not very quickly I might add – but felt better about it. Now need to behave myself this weekend – that’s where it gets difficult…..

Nil desperandum!

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I said I was going to up the ante this week and I meant every word of it!!

So after my 10km run on Monday night I laced up my trainers again, braved the torrential rain and set out on the unsurprisingly quiet roads of Phuket.

It’s so much easier to run when the temperature drops just a few degrees and if there’s a silver lining to this seemingly permanent crowd it’s that.

I did 12km yesterday and set a new personal best of 65minutes but quite possibly have ruined my trainers for good as they were wet when I finished.

I have a few blisters but apart from that I’m feeling fighting fit and my run again tonight or might go for a swim. Would love to take the bike out but that’s just not going to happen…