Ugh I hate circuits, most of all I HATE the plank. But this is reason number 2 of why having a coach for the race of your lifetime is a VERY good idea. The only reason I went to the gym today was because coach Rory Coleman‘s face bellowed “Get on with it” at me. Look at that stern face, you don’t want to mess with it.

Look at coach Rory Coleman’s stern face, wouldn’t you just do everything he says?

I couldn’t be bothered. I did it anyway. I was going to let myself off the second x2 planks in the last set of exercises when I thought about how Rory would be disappointed in me, and how it would help on The Coastal Challenge in Costa Rica in 25 days time. So I did it anyway. Looking forward to running club tonight, but now having a slight panic over what shoes to wear for the race as I don’t want this to happen again like on the XNRG Druid’s Challenge…Rory has given me suggestions – Saucony Exodus, something from La Sportiva and Adidas Adizero XTs might be ok, going to give them a try…

Oh dear, who was wearing the wrong shoes for a 29 mile run then? And then followed it by two more marathon days of running ignoring it? Ow.