Day 33 (cont.): yay!!!!!

And one more donation!!! Lorraine just got me to reach the £200 mark!!! Hurray!!!!! Thank you Lorraine -- you have completely deserved the delivery of that pair of boots...

Day 33: new donation!

Not much to declare on the running side today (easy jog of 20 min), however I did want to post my warm thanks to John for his donation today on Just Giving. Thanks John, this is much appreciated. And in response to your question, the only things chasing me are lonely meowing cats...! :)

Day 32: last run of the week before the 10K

This morning, 25 min run and everything went well. It was rather quiet, and mild enough to run in a t-shirt.

I'm still hoping for no rain on Sunday... I've also booked the train/coach tickets and unfortunately we have to get up at 5:30 to get to Leatherhead on time :( At least we'll be back in London early enough to enjoy the rest of our Sunday.

I'm happy that my knees are feeling fine -- all that's left of the training programme this week is a really short jog tomorrow and on Saturday: eaaaasy!

Day 31: knees OK.

45 min jog and my knees seem to be handling it fine again. Nothing else to declare today: I'm just glad I managed to get up at 6 even though I got home late after the gig...

Day 30: one month and still running...

Well, almost :) This morning I actually just went for a general workout at the gym to rest my knees completely for the Leatherhead 10K on Sunday. All's well -- last night's frozen peas did wonders to soothe the strains of last Sunday's run.

I got a new donation on the Just Giving site today :) Thank you Kourosh!!! It's great to get some support from people at the BMJ, I'm so chuffed!

Day 29: nice and easy

Not much to declare today -- easy-peasy jog for 30 min on the Wapping High St and around Shadwell Basin. My knees are feeling the strain of yesterday's run a little, so I'm thinking of taking it easy tomorrow and go to the gym for a workout and light treadmill jog, or something like that -- no need to overdo it and miss my race on Sunday! No personal training session tomorrow as I'm going to a gig with Maria :)

Day 28: one-hour run number 3

Well, I didn't do too badly even after yesterday's Halloween party, the delicious fruity punch Arnaud kept refilling my glass with, and this morning's early awakening... I attempted to map my run here: http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/gb/london/972894756457, and the site measured roughly 9.97km, which is great in one hour. I feel really good too today: because I'm not in pain at all, because the weather ended up being perfect, because London was as beautiful as ever, and because now it's over and I can relax for the rest of my Sunday!!!

A couple of things though, and good advice (I think) for any of you runners out there:
1/ don't run Tower Bridge on a sunny Sunday afternoon; it is just impossible and totally jam-packed with tourists (who, by definition, are slow).
2/ mind your head when you run by a park where guys play football -- some bloke scored a goal straight into my temple. I was not pleased...