2013

January

After the Christmas and New Year celebrations it is time to get serious and think about the new race season which is fast approaching. I have decided to try my hand at duathlon this year and have entered my first race of the year (16th Feb). It seems a little early to be racing but Althorpe Duathlon is the first qualifying event for the  European Championships which will be held in Holland in April. My training is going really well now that I have gotten over my achilles injury,  although my left knee still feels a bit odd after I have run and is definitely swollen at times. No pain though so I don't know if that is good or bad? At the moment I am ignoring it and running as normal.

I have just come back from a lovely holiday away in the Cape Verde islands with my husband Mark, daughter Charlotte and her friend Jo. The sunshine was fabulous but my knee was definitely not right so I just did lots of swimming - in an outdoor pool! So much nicer than Stourport pool - the other guests thought I was mad though as they came down to the pool to put their towels on the beds before their huge buffet breakfast! Charlotte ran on the beach most days and I have to admit I was very envious - she is getting very run-fit now, following her brilliant time in the half marathon in October (1:36).

I am really proud to have been asked to be an ambassador for On Running. I have been using the Cloudracers for about a year now and really love them. So far though this year they have not had too many outings due to the very wet weather - I am saving them for my first race next month and hopefully it will be dry by then.