The Gauntlet

The 1st of April sees me running the Gauntlet which is a very muddy 12km race. An doing this as part of my training for Tough Mudder and so on the way to the Challenge.

Having said that if the hose pipe bans and drought are anything to go by who knows if there'll be any mud.

I'll let you know how I get on.

Busy times

It's been busy times for my slave days.

Saturday saw a day digging borders for Teresa Alvarez. It's drizzled most of the day but we still go the work done.

Today was clearing up from a previous slave day. So it was about 3 hours chainsawing firewood up and then another few hours stacking it all.

Tomorrow then is one in the village. Sounds like I'll be weeding and sorting out some edging.

Hopefully Wednesday will be a chance to rest as the ME is fighting hard.

I've decided not to accept any more slave days otherwise I'll run out of time to train. People on the challenge website are doing 15 mile walks and mountain practice so I've got some catching up to do. Problem is there aren't many hills in Essex. Ah well. Time to hit the stairs.

It's been too long

It's been too long since my last confession. Oops. Wrong blog. It's been too long since my last blog entry. It's been an ups and down time with several colds one after the other and lots of work on.

So as a catch up. Yesterday was my latest slave for a day. It involved a lot of bramble clearing so my fingers are like pin cushions today.

Having said that I've done a decent session at the gym with 30 sets of weights and the 50 mins on the treadmill. Now having a well earned coffee with the England France rugby match.

Got another slave day next weekend. I'll let you know how it goes. At least the nights are lighter so I should be aw to get out and do some decent training.