Chronically Fatigued - Marathon J

Visited my doctor today, he said cramming an 18 week program into 12, (and then training harder than the program, by the way I did not own up to that bit) was not a good idea and I've broken my body, he says I have chronic fatigue of the knee, ankle, foot and stomach ligaments (apparently the stomach ligaments stop your belly falling off your legs) anyway I've over done it to the extent it's all buggered and I have to stop.

I've got gels, creams and pills and orders not to run until Sunday! "Yippee" I said "So the marathon is on then?" "No!" he said, I have to try 3 miles only, and if I have no problems I can consider the marathon on the 19th BUT only if I'm symptom free, I've been resting for the last two weeks so I can't see that somehow. He then told me he did similar last year and injected himself before the marathon with all sorts of pain killers before running a sub 4 hour marathon. However, he did say it took him a long time to recover and he would not do the same for me.

Medically, technically, bodily chronically fatigued J

18 miles – Marathon J

First week back to work, so did not manage to get any running in save a game of basketball. I tried to plan a run with Marathon T at the weekend but we could not make the same time, Marathon T had suggested Corbiere and back. I don’t like running out and back on the same path, I think it’s physiological, I like to run toward a finish and not to a point and retrace my steps, maybe I’m just weird, I like running in circles. So with Corbiere in mind I planned a circular run

Following the fat backside thin thighs advice from Jan Ward I slapped on the Vaseline.


I ran out to St John, then to St Peter and down to St Ouen where I happened on a Titleist Pro V1,as I passed the 16th at Les Mielle golf course, happy days, I picked it up.


Turning left on to the five mile road the wind hit me hard.



I decided to take the long route to Corbiere via the coast.



I ran down the railway path to St Aubins then back along the front.

18 Miles and as Mrs Ward had suggested the fat backside was in tip top condition.

Sunday was a welcome rest