The pre-dawn madness continued this morning. The alarm went off at 5.15 and I was pounding the streets outside work by five past six. Sprinting before breakfast – what is the world coming to?

I’ve also clocked up my first 100 miles of training – which in 15 weeks isn’t particularly impressive, but serves as a good base for the serious stuff to come. In the next 142 days I’m hoping to cover another 400 or so.

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