Derek Fowler's Blog

Firstly, thanks again to everyone who has sponsored me this year, its hugely appreciated.  Training throughout the summer was pretty good g...

I'm fundraising for the Multiple Sclerosis Society (  http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/DerekFowler  ) by doing the London Marathon and Lo...

Still doing more swimming than running at the moment, but managed a couple of jogs at lunchtime in Ware last week and had a quick blast  rou...

Never realised how beneficial sports massages can be, it's incredible (wish I had known about 3 months ago).  The massage itself was pre...

To sum up the last few weeks, its been injury -> swim -> run -> snowboard -> run -> injury -> run -> injury -> cycle...

13.4 miles yesterday  and 9 miles today  - just about salvaged the training plan.  Also saw the Diving World Cup yesterday at the new Aquati...

Monday - enforced rest day, worked too late and didn't get down the gym. Tuesday - 2km swim including drills with ELT (this feels a lot...

Another roller coaster week.. was aiming for a 16 mile run on Sunday and all was going nicely up until about mile 10 ( about here ) when I ...

Bit of a topsy turvy week.  A cautionary rest day on Monday after the long Sunday run (but did a lot of walking to and from work).  Swimming...

Found the marathon open day yesterday to be very interesting and picked up lots of training tips and excellent advice.  Adidas were there wi...

90 minutes swimming with ELT yesterday night in Chingford.  Trying to keep up with my brother and  ironman swimmers is a bad idea, I almost ...

10 mins on the bike then 7 miles on the treadmill yesterday at lunchtime.  Brilliant meal round at Charlotte and Dylan's in the evening ...