I now know from one or two e-mails that I received that people are actually reading this and want me to continue it. If you just started to read this blog now here's a quick update.
Posts will be difficult over the next few weeks but as the autumn and winter weather kick in I want to get back to the original theme of this blog - Cold Water Toughness. For that you need cold water (for me this is anything under 9C)
Being physically fit helps too of course, which is why I started to run in the first place (as well as losing a bit of weight).
Today my weight is steady at around 66Kg (145lb) with around a 1kg (2lb) variance over a day or two. I regularly run from 4 up to 10 miles 3 or 4 times a week. I always run without a shirt - whatever the weather and temperature.
I recently competed in my first half marathon (13.1 miles) in a time of just under 1h 53m. I ran a 5 mile race earlier in the year in 36m33s. More races are definitely in the pipeline over the winter too.
I hope to do some cold water swimming this winter in local rivers/lakes and I may even try and enter a competition or two. Let's see what develops.
If you have a question write to me and I will post the answers on here.
I hope all my readers enjoy the rest of the summer, have fun but have more fun in the cold when it comes.
