FRIDAY 23rd APRIL
'The bigger picture' is almost here. Cometh the morning, cometh my first Yorkshire Three Peaks race. Excited, nervous and looking forward to the long race experience. It has been a frustrating, stop-start road to race day, but all things considered, to be there lining up at the start come 10am tomorrow morning is itself a small triumph. I'm at least a good month of training behind where I would like to be and have still only ever run four miles shy of the 24 I will be taking on tomorrow, but if I take care and pace myself intelligently then I ought to get round which is priority number one. Post-race supper - Steak pud, large chips, mushy peas, gravy, buttered white barm and lashings of salt and vinegar as tried and tested by Matt Nuttall. He finished 11th last year so who am I to think any better?