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TGBane:
Still not feeling 100%
Diet has slipped again and the weather (45mph winds and cold) have pretty much totally drained me.
Tuesday"s 6 miles was not too bad but tonight I felt like I was running on empty from 8 mins in, I still finished but that was mentally tough.
I know that these tough days are needed as it"s more than just fitness and endurance that I need.
Work has been pretty awesome, although we have been let down by a couple of deliveries and the we have had to endure a couple of storms we have battled on and are right on top of things ready to board our freedom bird home tomorrow for a well deserved 2 weeks with my girls.
Going to try to shave a few more seconds from my 5k pb on Saturday and then an 11 miler Sunday.
Have a great weekend and see you next week.

TGBane:
Got home Friday a little more tired than I thought so decided on leaving the 5k til Saturday.
Then Saturday did not go to plan, the weather was also awful but not an excuse I am going to use very often as I can always go to a gym but seeing as I had an 11 miler to do today I decided it best to save my legs for that.
Had a Christmas party to go to last night and got back pretty late.
A lay in this morning before helping to get my daughter packed ready for a day at Nan"s followed by collecting main Christmas present from Grandad"s and there was no time to plan my route for today.
I finally got going at 14.30 and felt really fresh for the first 3 miles then at 6 miles a few niggles kicked in but still felt good.
I was making the route up as I went so that I did not have to run past my house to add any extra distance on to make up the 11 miles.
I really wanted to do 12 miles today and up until 9.5 miles thought that I would but then my legs began to say no, get the hell off of me fat boy.
The last 1.5 miles were more staggered than ran but I still managed to complete the 11 miles in 1hr 47 mins.
Ended up with 2 extremely sore knees which touch wood are felling much better now and a day of rest should be enough before I hit the gym on Christmas Eve for a 6 miler.
Also a bleeding nipple, looks like its time to get the Vaseline out.
This running marlarky is so glamorous.
Oh and for the first time in 3 weeks I have lost weight, 4 lbs so down to 15st 4lbs.
Would really like to ge below 15st for the new year.
Merry Christmas all and a happy new year.

TGBane:
We"ll I never made it below 15st for the new year, I in fact put weight on and at one point was up to 15st11lbs.
I attempted a 12mile road run but my knees were so sore from 8miles on that every step was agony and I finally gave in at 9.5miles.
I decided to give my knees a rest and change tact a little and just hit the gym harder.
I changed from 6 miles in an hr to 10km (6.21miles) runs, stepping it up to lower my times.
I have managed to get from 6mph to 7mph and knocked 6 mins off of my best time in little over a week.

TGBane:
Took another minute off of my pb :)
10km in 53m25s.
Was pretty hard from 4km onwards and had to dig deep.
Going to put another couple of these in this week before the long run on Sunday.
Going for 13.2m on a treadmill, mmmm should be exciting.
Now Christmas and the new year are in the distant past my charity www.action.org.uk (please take a minute to look at the incredible work they do) and I would really really appreciate any donations that you could afford, even £1s add up www.virginmoneygiving.com/DwayneStacey please tick the gift aid box so that Action can claim another 25% direct from the government.
One last thing, could you please share this post as the more people that see it the better as I believe that Action is such a deserving charity.

TGBane:
Hit the gym after 12 days off with a cold.
It did not go well.
Managed to jog/walk 6k in just under 37 mins, highly disappointed and shocked at how far I had been knocked back.
The following day I tried again, it did not go much better but I dug deep and managed to complete 10k in just under an hr 4 mins, pleased that I completed the 10k at least but over 10mins slower than 2 weeks previously.
thursday I hit the gym for the 3rd day running and although again I had to intersperse come walking I did manage to complete the 10k in 58mins.
Friday is a rest day and I took yesterday as a rest day too so that I could be a little fresher for the gym today.
I was hoping to complete a 1/2 marathon today but knew that was probably aiming too high so 12miles would be an incredible achievement with how the week has gone.

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