Got my Vaccinations + London to Brighton Bike Ride

I got my Typhoid, Diptheria, Tetnas and Polio vaccinations the other day, and along with the Yellow Fever and various Hepatitus injections I’ve had from previous travels I think I’m pretty set.

Unfortunatley I was unable to take part in the London to Brighton bike ride over the weekend, a combination of work and feekling a bit under the weather from my vaccinations meant I couldn’t train over the past week or so. So I made the decision not to take part. I am a bit gutted as I would have liked to have given it a go, having never cycled for any larger amount of time. But I think that will be something I will have a go at another time.

It has, however, made me more keen than ever to take part in the BUPA 10K Capital run on the 15th July. I’m already back in training for that and can’t wait to get running again!

Back from the USA

So after having a couple of weeks of in America - great 2 weeks seeing Disneyworld, New York City, Washington D.C. and Buffalo (Go Sabres!),  I’m back in Brighton and ready to start some serious training!

I’ve got the Jersey Half Marathon coming up on the 20th May and then the London to Brighton bike ride in June. And to be honest I haven’t really done any training for a while due to being away.

So! I’m going to start a strict training program trying to incorporate running and cycling into it as much as possible. I figure they will both benefit each other and if I do some cycling instead of running every now and then I might save me knees from the pain of last time!

On that note I figure I will do only one or two street runs before my race so as not to risk injuring myself and putting myself at a disadvantage like last time. So will be pounding the tread,ill at my gym tomorrow night and hopefully the stamina will come back without too much problem. I did get a lot of walking in with all the sightseeing in the states. I’ll keep you informed.

London to Brighton Bike Ride & Jersey Half Marathon

So I’m pretty much all recovered from my half marathon at Hastings last week. I was hopbbling around for most of the week but my knee is feeling ok now. I haven’t done any training this week but I have been thinking about what to do for my next event in my year of fundraising.

So far I’ve been thinking about the London to Brighton bike ride and the Jersey Half Marathon.

Similar to the amount of running I had done before my half marathon I have never done any cycling for more than 5 or 10 minutes down the gym. So I am definitely setting myself a task and a half! But I think I could do this. I’m borrowing my bosses bike, just need to get the brakes fixed – very important! -  and then I going to start cycling with some of the guys from work who are also interested in doing it. I’m going to go to the gym this afternoon and do a short 20mins on the bike to get things started! It should be low inpact enough so as not to aggrevate my knee. Also feeling a bit restless from not training for a week.

Also after last Sunday I think I have developed a real taste for half marathons. I think its because I know I can make a better time than before and would like to see how well I can do. Some people from work are running in the Jersey Half Marathon on the 20th May. But I think it might be a bit of a mission to get there and I will have to stay overnight as the race starts at 9 in the morning!

But after looking at pictures of the route it looks like a really nice place to run. So I’m in two minds at the moment.

If anyone knows of any half marathons going on in southern England over the year can you let me know as I’ll probably be up for it!