upping the miles

i'm on track to log over 60 miles this week. that'll be the first time i've ever managed to pull that off, even with an easy day today. wednesday i managed an 8 mile tempo run. i had to run fast really because the light was closing in and i was running on unlit roads. this ws followed by a session at better bodies gym, soon to be rebranded as something else but i'm not quite sure what yet. with two hard days in a row i was quite sore yesterday, but thats ok as i don't plan another hard session til i do my long run on sunday morning. my biggest concern though at the moment is that i don't pick up this stomach bug thats been sweeping the country. they say it gives you 3 days of diarrhoea and vomiting, which sounds highly unpleasant. the longest i have ever had off from running due to injury or illness or just rest and recouperation is 48 hours, so i expect if i do catch it i would be climbing the walls to get out and do something by the end of the third day.

this year i have decided i am going to try and help the club out a bit more on the track and field side of things with doing some of the league meetings. with no open meetings to speak of on the track any more apart from the ones at exeter and a few bmc ones here and there, which don't represent very good opportunities for myself due to various circumstances which i a trying to address, i will be attempting to get time off work on the saturdays in question, but don't hold your breath, this is royal mail we are talking about here, not an organisation that is generally too considerate to its low level employees. the midland mens and womens leagues have been amalgamated this year so it should represent a good oportunity to chat up some hot totty as well!