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I dont' know what it is, but after a good period of training I always hit a downer.

You really need to be ruthless with the management of your time if you want to be doing some half decent training in order to achieve your target goal. Now that I have a three year old child, a wife and a job to juggle I realise that without shrewd planning and even more self discipline I will simply fail

I'm no expert, my training methods are just what I've picked up from other people far more experienced than myself, as well as what seems to work for me personally. Basically, I need to keep motivated by not letting things get monotonous, keep myself injury free by not overtraining, and keep the training relevant so that I can actually make the start of my target race in September with a reasonable chance of finishing it.

This category of blog posts is meant to serve two purposes:

Tomorrow will see the running of the fourth Hardmoors 55 - an ultra marathon that covers the first half of the Cleveland Way. The course is a very tough and hilly one that is mostly trails and paths over some very exposed stretches of moorland. The cut-off time is an extremely challenging 15 hours