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Week Five: 25 February 2006
This has been a week full of activity. Skiing, skating, snowboarding, ice hockey, bobsleigh - unfortunately, my sport for the week has been spectating. And I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute.
As you know, I started the week with a sore Achilles tendon - this has now mutated into a cold! This would normally serve as a good reason to miss training in order to recover but as Jacqueline trained through her cold a couple of weeks ago, she has foiled my plan!
In my defence, I did plan to go to the gym once we arrived in Turin but I have to admit, I don't even know where it is! My back-up plan involved using the hotel stairs but I couldn't find them! So my exercise for the week has been pushing the button in the lift - quite strenuous I think you'll agree.
In between lift work-outs, I have done quite a bit of walking around Turin - honest! But if honesty is the dish of the day, then I have to confess that this week is a wash-out. I will just have to catch-up next week but looking at my diary when I return to England, it's not looking good. I'll let Jacqueline know how I get on before she goes on Radio Oxford on Saturday... hopefully, it will be good news!
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Week Five: 25 February 2006
I have just looked at Steve's diary for the week and mentioned to Phil Kennedy that, in comparison to Steve, I should be wearing a halo - unfortunately, I was reminded that Steve already has five!
This week my challenge has been to overcome overwhelming tiredness. I made a mistake on Sunday by completing my 12km run on a empty stomach. I felt ok at the time and thought I would scoff myself silly when I returned home but for some reason, I had no appetite at all. I did force myself to have a bowl of soup and some warm crusty bread but this was obviously not enough to keep the fatigue at bay for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday... you get the idea!
Since then I have received a deluge of advice on nutrition. Apparently I should be eating bananas, pasta, blueberries, isotonic drinks and kiwi fruits. I just hope that I don't have to eat them at the same time! I am now changing my diet - not drastically - I am simply introducing more carbohydrates and fresh fruit. I have yet to see any dramatic results but I only started this morning so I am probably expecting too much.
Due to time constraints, I have shuffled my programme around this week. I have completed the 3 x 3 mile runs but I missed my 10km race so I am off to do that now. I really hope the new diet works because I have to run everyday this week - I will try hard to stay awake to do next week's diary!
This year, Steve is attempting to raise £1.3m for a range of children's charities in the UK. If successful, Steve will claim the Guinness World Record for the most money raised by an individual in a Marathon anywhere in the world. Please click here to help Steve to reach his target...
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