This week wasn’t a good week. What with work commitments and a very poorly prepared for long run – this week was a week to forget and move on from!

We managed to do 2 short runs (4 miles each) in the week which went ok but not a 3rd because of time. On the Sunday we decided to get up really early and do our long 12 mile run, as it was Mothers Day, I was going out for breakfast with my mum and Zoe was driving up to Nottingham to see Dawn, leaving at about lunchtime. A 7am run we thought was the answer.

Oh dear!

To cut a very long story short, it was too early and the little breakfast we did have didn’t allow the body to turn it into anything useful and also we didn’t hydrate enough. On top of that I totally got the layers wrong as I thought it would be cold – it was very mild! Two miles in, I stopped to sort out a layer, felt dizzy, sat down and fainted. So we walked back feeling a little silly.

It sounds much more dramatic than it was – it was only a little faint and I was already sitting down but ruined the run and topped off not a too successful week.

One positive thing that happened though was that I went to see a physio about my painful knee (Helen Patten at Wilbury Physios in Hove) and was diagnosed with Runners Knee! – I felt very relieved indeed and actually quite proud that I have a ‘proper runners’ ailment!!

Total miles this week: A very lowly 10

Lessons learnt: A BIG valuable lesson in how not to take your body for granted. Hydrate properly, allow at least 2 hours for your body to turn food into fuel and go outside and test the temperature rather than just looking out the window!!