Time for a Plan

I committed to the Ballbuster in March. Filled out the entry form and put it all in an envelope.

Told Sarah and the kids, 'I'm going to do the Ballbuster in March'. 'Ohhh my god', said Daniel, 'your going to die'.

Urghhhhh, gulp, that fills me with confidence! I'll show him the little ......

So my training started, 1 day of manic excel work and I have a plan. Here it is Ballbuster Training Plan and as it always is with my plans, I am falling behind already!

Time for a run

I am entered for the Tadworth 10 in January and figured I should start training at the beginning of Nov. So towards the end of Nov I did my first run. I snatched an opportunity whilst Oliver was playing Rugby. He was away at Worthing and the map showed me I was about a mile from the coast. So off I went, 5½ miles later I reached the coast! Navigation never was my good point. What I thought was heading South was heading East. If I had know the wind was from the South coming straight onshore, I would have known, but I didn’t, and having set myself a goal to run to the coast, I had to reach it before I could turn around. Why? Because I am a man, goal orientated and need to achieve. What a twit! On the way back, instead of backtracking, I thought I would take a different route. Why? I don’t know, what a twit. Thankfully I had my Garmin on. It’s the first time I have used it to navigate. So I did manage to navigate back, although it was a little difficult trying to tell which direction you were heading. So I would run along for about 500 metres before I could see if I was heading in the right direction. A few detours later I managed to get back onto my outbound track and find my way back to Worthing RFC. I thought I was in time to see the second half, but wasn’t.

So my first run in a long time was 12 miles and now I ache a lot.