Soggy shoes = soggy feet

Despite having almost 48 hours to dry out, my trail running shoes were still wet from Sunday's rainy 'how to get lost in the marshes' run, so for my 5.15am 6 mile, I started with socks and feet being wet from the outset, and they got wetter still as it had been raining, so all the long grass was very wet.

I suspect the wet shoes may be an issue for a few weeks until the ground dries up as we get closer to summer - given it could get very wet on race day in July, there is no harm learning to manage running with soggy feet.

As well as my early morning six mile run, later on in the morning I am going to have an over 40s well person check up at my Doctors - cue a number of prostate check jokes at work today.

Whilst all my work colleagues think I am mad doing this 100km race, one of them strongly suggested I should get a check-up, just to make sure there are no underlying health issues, especially as I have had cancer (of the bladder) twice in the last 11 years, although thankfully I have been in the clear for the last five to six years.