It’s a Saturday and I’m not running.

It’s the Saturday of my last long preparatory run before London, and I’m not running.

Em’s out there, I’m in here. I’m being cautious & careful.

After Thursday’s eight miler I was unable to take the compeed off straight away because it was a bit messy – blister and plaster in an unholy fusion – so I needed time to soak it properly. It came off last night and the area of affected skin is not too bad, but certainly needs a few days rest.

Looking on the positive side, I’ve already run over 20 miles on three occasions, and my mileage for this month is looking very strong, so I doubt this lay-up will have too much of a negative effect. Lots of runners have already started to taper after last week, so it’s no big concern.

So… that’s it! Week 13 is at an end and the hard bit of the training is now officially over! My next big run will be in London. I’ll probably end up doing more mileage next week than this week because i’ll be running a little bit every day – the graph will show that – but there’s no more long runs!

For the next two weeks we reduce everything, only going out for 30 minute light jogs, and not doing anything really strenuous. A little stretching here and there perhaps, and as the big day approaches, we have to poke two fingers up to that Atkins-Diet fellow and stuff our happy faces with as many carbohydrates as we can lay our grubby mits on.

I wonder if you can eat spray-on-starch?