Hi,
Welcome to the 3rd installment of my training blog. For the past 3 months I've began the very long process of trying to get fit enough to run the New York Marathon in November 2012. It is all memory of my sister Jo, who was set to run it in 2008 and in aid of The Joanna Brown Trust, the charity I've founded in her memory.
The month has been good. I had an MOT health check at Nuffield Health which was really interesting. Unfortunately it did however confirm in writing what I've been trying to deny and avoid for many years now, that I am very unfit. It does however give you a real insight into your overall fitness / health and give you some goals to work towards.
A friend of mine, Liam Paddock (twitter name: @liampad5), is at Baltimore University on a football (soccer) scholarship. He very kindly put me in contact with his fitness coach called Pete Eibner (twitter name: @petefastforward) who I contacted and said he was more than happy to support my efforts and give me some training advice, or as he put it 'I'm right behind transforming the fat kid from Britian'.
Pete seems to be well known and respected in Baltimore and he is going to mention me on his website. He even said he might be able to get me on the local radio station in Baltimore! As I've always said, there are many reasons why I'm doing this challenge. One of them is to raise the awareness of The Joanna Brown Trust.
I'm off on holiday today (Tues 2nd Aug) for 10 days and am a bit worried that the small amount of progress I've made over the past month or so will all be gone when I return. Therefore, I've decided to take my running trainers with me and try and go some running whilst I'm away. Katie (my wife) and I are going to Germany to visit some of the places I cycled through last year when I did The Romantic Road Cycle Challenge in aid of The Joanna Brown Trust - for more details about that challenge click here - http://www.youtube.com/user/TheJBTrust#p/u/3/gbmME_S-QWo.
I went on my first road run with my mate Hoops (twitter name: @hoops60230) last week and can safely say I hated every minute of it! However, I am really glad I've got out there and done my first road run as it give you a good idea about what it's like as it is some much different to running on a machine in a gym.
The only other thing to report this month is that about a week ago I got a really bad pain in my right foot. In the past I have suffered from weak arches in my feet so it's been a reminder to me how important it is to wear good, supportive footwear at all times, not just when doing exercise. Hopefully this 10 day holiday has come at the right time and a combination of rest and some light jogging will mean I'm back to full fitness when I get back.
That's all from me this month, until next time....
Rich
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