A Christmas lull - and a New Year's resolution

Not much running was done this week. I had a cold and cough over Christmas, recovering only to be able to do 5 miles around Clissold Park today. It was slow - I've had too many roast potatoes - but the park was cold and beautiful, and the run helped clear out my lungs.

Clissold House

Also, the first 50-mile milestone in my training was reached!

Hungry moorhens

Now it's time to "up the ante". So - I'm making a commitment, here and now, that on 5 January I will give up smoking - at least until after I run the Marathon at the end of April.

Any support people feel able to give would be much appreciated, and will really help motivate me to give up and stay off the cigs.

As an added inducement to visit my Fundraising Page, I've posted up a new embarrassing photo. It's a cracker.

Miles run in week 4 (17 weeks to go): 9.8
Total miles since I started running again: 56