Preparation is everything. You’d think that the day before my first training run I’d have prepared properly. Unfortunately not.

Preparation is everything. You’d think that the day before my first training run I’d have prepared properly. Unfortunately not.

Ok, no one 'wants' to train over the festive period – do they? We want to drink (lots), eat (lots), sleep (lots), drink (lots – again!) – you get the general idea. However, not being able to train is very different.

I was so excited when the magazine dropped through the letterbox.