Almost a year has passed since our last blog so it’s time to
bring you all up to speed on what’s been going on in MoJo land. The last post
was on completion of the Marcothon 2012, which you recall was a struggle as a
consequence of JammyJo’s troublesome ankle.
11 months on and the ankle is at last showing some signs of recovery,
well training has resumed albeit a lower intensity.
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| Clyde Stride -VAMPs and Dream Team |
Over the 11 months we have tried rest, Physiotherapist, an Acupuncturist,
Chiropractors, Sports Therapists and Podiatrists – none of which have cured the
problem. Finally in October I decided to
try and run through it. The resumption
of training was a real eye-opener – I hadn’t realised how much fitness I had
lost. My way of thinking was I was still
dabbling in fitness so I would be fine. Looking back though I guess I always
suspected that fitness was disappearing fast.
I had hobbled along the West Highland Way in April and in June I
participated in the parkathon – running all 10 Scottish parkruns in a 24 hour
period. Neither of these achievements were
the way I wanted them to be. The
parkathon was really a survival exercise so I planned to run each 5k in 30
minutes. It turned out to be a gruelling exercise but sheer will-power got me
through the last three parkruns that day.
Over the year we have only taken part in two races which is well down in
our yearly average. The first was the
Clyde Stride relay in July, JammyMo performed reasonably on leg three for the
VAMPs but JammyJo hobbled the whole of leg 3 to set the Dream Team back. The second race was Strathaven Striders Run
With The Wind 10K, earlier this month, and we both did OK although a long way
off our PB standards. It was good to be
back and we are planning more races next year.
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| Portrush parkrun |
Our parkrun year has been a different story. JammyJo clocked up his 100th
parkrun in May and Moira will clock up her 100th parkrun on
Saturday. One of the highlights of our
parkrun year was our holiday in Northern Ireland where we managed to take in
the Derry City parkrun and the iconic Portrush parkrun. Portrush was always on our radar after we had
seen their homepage and the white sands stretching for miles. Needless to say it surpassed expectations,
the run along the sands that August morning will last long in the memory.
As December approaches I am giving some serious thought to
taking part in Marcothon 2013, although Moira has stated she will not be taking
part this year. Currently I am down to
do the double – Movember and Marcothon over the next two months. You can donate
to the Mo at .
http://uk.movember.com/mospace/8804517
