Now in the last phase of training, I have already done two and a half weeks of taper training which is of course comparatively easy, totalling no more than about 2 hours per day. The toughest part however has been to try to get my body properly adjusted to the timings of the event. This has meant for the past few weeks I have been getting up at 4.15am and eating breakfast, and then training as close to 7am as possible. The result is that I need to be in bed by 8pm and I’m living a life more or less alone without my wife who of course keeps “normal” hours! Coupled with my abstinence from alcohol for a month to ensure my body is correctly hydrated and recovered, I have really destroyed our social life recently! We did manage to celebrate Alex’s 30th with the family although my situation required us to leave earlier than we might have. That said, the bonus for B, Mam and Dad was that they could have a little tipple since I was driving!!!