I  have  recently  discovered  that  I  suffer  from  Lane  Rage,  similar  to  road  rage  it  is  caused  by  idiotic  swimmers. In  the  last  few  weeks  I  have  been  suffering  while  the  same  guy  slowly  swims  breast  stroke  (badly)  in  the  fast  lane  at  my local  pool  while  the  rest  of  us are  trying  to get  some  training  in.

I  thought  I  had  it  sussed  as  I  stayed  in  after  he  left  thinking  I  could  finally get some  good  uninterrupted  lengths  in  but  then  a  large  group  of  “swimmers” got  in  and  proceeded  to  do  approximately  two  lengths  then  stood   in  the  lane chatting! 

It  has  been  suggested  that  I  try  a  couple  of  lengths  of  butterfly  to  get  rid  of these  people  or  to  accidentally  kick  them  but  any  suggestions  that  won’t  get  me  thrown  out  of  the  pool  would  be  gratefully  received.

Rant  Over  (for now anyway)

Last weekend I decided to do a recce of part of the Enduroman Arch to Arc run route. The run starts at Marble Arch so two of my crew and myself stayed up in London the evening before in order to get an early start. Given that I will most likely be leaving London in the dark on the actual event I wanted to replicate this so we left Marble Arch around 5am.

The strange thing about running in London at this time was that many people were on their way home from Halloween parties, seeing the Grim Reaper less than ten miles into the run was an ominous start. Sure enough the weather soon turned and the rest of the run was spent in the pouring rain.

Rosie and Jason took it in turns to cycle with me while the other drove and stopped occasionally to ensure I had enough food etc. I couldn't have asked for a better crew than these two and know I will be in safe hands come July.

In the end we did as far the 67 mile mark which took a little over 13 hours. Given that there had been a few stops to change kit and to try to warm up I was quite pleased with the time.

The following day I was pleasantly surprised to discover that I had very little in the way of aches and pains which gave me quite a confidence boost for next July.

I plan on running the rest of the route in a couple of weeks but will probably start a little further back than I stopped in order to get a good 30 mile run in.