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Good News ....

  1. Gnome is starting to improve - a day of eye drops every 2hrs and lots of calpol did work. He still isn't eating much mind (3 crackers yesterday) which is a worry but he is happier than he was.
  2. Physio says I have been a good pixie and worked on my exercises! No need to do the basic one any more but he has given me 3 new ones to do, one of which was made harder 'cos I "got it" too easily!!

I didn't get up for my swim today :-( as the alarm went off, I turned it off then fell back to sleep!! Hope to swim at least once this week if possible. Then next week I will start doing some 20mins runs (hopefully 3-4 during the week) and have a 1.5m circle plotted at work.

As for camp, well the sample schedule says:


FRIDAY

» Arrival from 4pm. Optional evening jog.
» Drinks
» Group introduction and camp outline objectives.
» Open discussion with Q & A forum.
» Relaxed evening meal and social time.

SATURDAY

» Early optional 5K trail run.
» Buffet style breakfast
» Training for endurance, using hills and trails; how to train specifically for a marathon.
» Hill sessions, covering differing types of this ‘bedrock’ training regime.
» Stretching; the correct and manageable way. Massage, plus injury prevention.
» Lunch
» Kit presentation: most suitable clothing for training and racing in various conditions.
» Shoes - for training / racing / trail.
» Body conditioning for all ages, all objectives.
» Fartlek principles and practical Forest session.
» Nutrition and hydration, principles and best practice session.» Group dinner» Social time / one-to-one consultations.

SUNDAY

» Buffet style breakfast.
» Theory session in lodge: the long training run, mind games, how to cope and how to succeed.
» Guided paced group long run in the Forest with a choice of distance and route.
» Lunch
» Theory session: The final weeks of training and how to cope with the big day.
» Disband from lodge approx. 4pm.

I can't see me doing many runs but we will see. I hope to get there about 4 on Friday but don't think I will run after the long drive for example but I couldn't miss the camp as it looks so great and there are so many forum folks there!

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