This was my lunch today. Greek salad variation with chicken, spinach, watercress and raw broccoli as well as the usual suspects. Yum.

Ran 4 miles tonight in new trainers and felt the familiar feeling of heat on my arches where I always seem to get blisters. No blister yet but definite irritation. I might just have to go back to wearing my thick socks. I decided to try normal socks with these trainers just to see if they worked for me but apparently thick socks are what my feet like. They are merino wool I think so very thick and look a bit silly in warmer weather but brilliant for wicking sweat and in my old trainers prevented blisters even when running for 2 hours at a time. No sign of shin splints anyway and the new daps feel good on my feet!

Alarm set for 5.30am for a run to work. Starting to put a training plan together too to make the best use of the next 6 months especially as I have a festival and a 2 week holiday to work around.

I accidentally downloaded a virus onto the laptop yesterday. First time ever I've never done it before. It was from a reputable site too, I clicked to download something and it turned into something else. Gutted. Now loads of adverts and pop ups are everywhere :(