Just been and bought some proper running shoes today – Saucony Grid Omni 3 CRM Moderate trainers… so I should be amazing in the Manchester 10K now(!)

Worryingly, it’s just four weeks away, and I’ve still not done any proper training because of my foot, although I have been to the gym a few times over the last couple of weeks, and of course there was the walk last weekend. The pain in my foot has eased quite a lot now, although if I twist it it still hurts, but hopefully these new trainers should support my foot well when I’m running.

My plan now is to try and do some running pretty much every day up until the event now – and that’s going to take a lot of will power, especially when I’m feeling tired! I think I’m going to try and go out somewhere tomorrow and do a bit, then split it between gym and road for the next four weeks. Can’t wait!