Edie Lush

The harsh return to training in 2010

With the Barcelona Marathon looming less than two months away and my training schedule thrown into chaos by children off school, snow and icy weather and motivation running at near all time lows, I decide to stop procrastinating and get back to work.

So I head for Richmond Park – supposedly 3 miles there, 7 miles around and 3 miles back. Shorter than my schedule says I should be doing but hey, you gotta start somewhere. So I try the sneaky back route to get there but – never having done it before – get lost. Manage to find it after an extra 2 miles.