I am Wolverine

One of the amazing things that I have found about marathon training is the way that my body responds to trauma.

For example, the other week I was in Bristol with my mates, had a skin-full on the Friday night, then ran 12 miles on the Saturday morning, and felt great. My powers of recovery (just like Wolverine) are amazing at the moment. It does take it out of you, the week after the Bristol run I did 20 miles in a weekend, (6 Saturday, 14 Sunday) and it is tiring, but the human body's ability to recover is fantastic.

I guess this has parallels to my own life, they say time is a great healer and I think that slowly but surely my life is getting back on track too. Having been living in London for 3 months now, and living with my fabulous brother out of a suitcase, we are now starting to redecorate, which will give me some proper space which is important to me. I do miss having a place of my own, but that is now a pipe dream for me. Jo and I are on speaking terms again, which is encouraging, she is off to Ecuador for the summer and I wish her well.

Running is also great thinking time and I think this helps me to come to terms with all this.

16 miles this weekend, I wonder if I will be able to recover again?