Lights Out ?

After Sundays Half Marathon my body is aching.....I give myself the Tuesday night off to rest.

Wednesday, Tennis and a run - no to the pub I tell myself.

We have What I can only describe as a 'Marathon tennis set', Jez and I against Rob and Jared...we are 4-0 up and then Jez's serve lets him down and our opponents are back in and gain momentum......4-4,5-4,5-5 all the way to 9-8 and then the break....over an hour and a half later we WIN 10-8!

Chaps go to the pub....I go home and run around the park....this is not my normal self.....pub or run ? normally the former, normally a no brainer !

One lap at threshold pace.....pushing myself I feel discomfort again in the left knee....Abington Park completed in 13 minutes....and ice pack to the knee.


In the morning I am in pain, my left knee has swollen and hurts to walk on....is this lights out ?

Friday morning, John Corrigan, London Marathon runner and IPSL Facilities Manager confirms a £ 150.00 Charity Donation to help kick start our fund raising....BIG THANKYOU JOHN....if your reading this and haven't donated...go on....GIVE !

Lunchtime, Lisa and I go to the SportsAID luncheon which we sponsor. We hope to raise some more money but fail in our attempts....I'll blame the credit crunch...not all bad as Lisa wins a REEBOK YOGA set....well done girl....and a client gives us the heads up on a large deal coming our way.

John, my business partner and I go to an Air Ambulance/Rotary 'Black Tie' event. I can't train so decide a night on the red wine.....helps to forget the pain, good fun and great company !

Saturday night and the knee is still not right.....a friend has given me a new deep heat product for my knee......I'll see how things are tomorrow.....fingers crossed....please,please sort yourself knee.....this was my main concern as my weekly training and mile bank increased......