15K in Paris

Out for 1:28 along the Seine from Billancourt. Hot here so this was always going to be a testy run. I prepared well on train from Belgium by drinking two bottles of water and eating a piece of Quiche and a packet of fizzy colas.

I turned round at 35 minutes with the goal of being back under 1 hour but as ever I got lost and had to run through a big park with massive big hills. Fairly took it out of my legs but it was a great session. I deserve a beer tonight....

Post Birthday weigh in

Still at 79KG.....need to drop at least 3kg and hopefully 5Kg in next 6 weeks....

Surprise visitors

Brownie makes a surprise birthday visit with the gang. I'm very pleased and Team K manager has again excelled herself with her organisational flair. A magnum of Barollo between us on Saturday night does not bode well for Sunday. We're up and a small but perfectly formed 5K with Brownie kicks the day off well, so well that we head to the 3 Ducks for lunch and we have a nice bottle of Pomerol....back home for a well earned siesta....Birthday weekends are like that.

Pre Birthday 10K

Did a quick 10K on Friday night to try and keep my eye in before any birthday excess. It was hot and I'd been sitting around my office all day so I was pretty stiff and tired. I got round in 52:25 which is slower than last Sunday but it was pretty well measured and I'd not really been well prepared for it food or energy wise.

Lichfield 1 hour

Ran for an hour round Lichfield. Did 3 circuits of the big pond and managed to drop my time on each circuit. 6 mins to 5:40 to 5:20. I was impressed by my ability to up the pace as I'm usually pretty single paced. I'm not sure of whole distance but certainly a bit in excess of 10K. Shower in hotel would not run cold so trying to cool down was a bit of a farce.

10K number 2

10K in 50:58 so an improvement on Friday's time. I wasn't as tired this time at the end but it was still hard work and I would not have wanted to keep going.

Post Holiday excess....

8 weeks or so to go till First monster race in Inverness. Just back from two weeks vacation in Scotland and 1 week at work in Birmingham. Big weigh in shows I've put on nearly 3Kg's. I did do some cycling , walking and one 10K run during my two weeks vacation but clearly the highlife has been overwhelming this.

First 10K on return was torture, 54:46 was the time and I thought I was going to faint at the end.....