Half-marathon today. Not a race, just the distance. This after a week where I've been having a lot of mixed feelings. It took me a long time to recover from last weekend's run, and my midweek training suffered because of it. I know based on the way I'm feeling, I should be resting a lot more, but how would I be able to stick to any schedule then? I'm starting to realise that as the mileage goes up over the coming weeks, I'm going to find it harder and harder to stick to the programme - not because of a lack of commitment or motivation, but because of sheer muscle fatigue, I think. It strikes me, that for a novice at least, three consecutive runs midweek is quite tough going if you're not used to it. I guess all those people were right who said you should be running for a year before taking on this kind of challenge. But there's no way I'm giving up now. I'll grin and bear it, thanks very much. But it just makes everything so inconsistent. I can run 12 miles on a Saturday and then three days later not be able to run three.

The 13 miles I ran today did feel slightly easier than last week though. I wonder if that's anything to do with the fact that it was a beautiful day. I did get a massive blister though, something was rubbing inside my shoe really badly. It's bigger than a 50p and all bubbly - absolutely gross. Am I supposed to pop it? I haven't a clue.