A lesson in fitness loss
Last week I watched the film 'Unbreakable' at the Curzon cinema in Richmond, it was at an event put on by Lululemon and found out about it via twitter, like most things these days. If you haven't seen Unbreakable you really should, it's a great film about the Western States 100, a legendary 100 miler in the US and the main contenders for the winners buckle one particular year. Anyway, after watching the film it's hard not to feel slightly inspired and invincible. I got back home and started looking at Ultra races, like you do, despite my last attempt not going to plan, and also despite the fact that since running Brighton marathon about six weeks ago I have barely run, a 10k and a few 5k. The main reason for this is that since Brighton, although maybe before but I hadn't noticed it, after running anything between 3-7k I feel like I'm running lop-sided and it feels uncomfortable, I prescribed myself a week of complete rest, not even getting back into ...