Runner's Blog - Michael Nowicki: 'Recovery week followed by a fantastic weekend'

The week was all about recovery, so knowing that I was having a big race on Saturday, I did smaller runs. The week was busy with loads of emails about my London To Edinburgh challenge, so its good to see that people are interested. Apart from that, SAMH (Scottish Association Of Mental Health) have been really busy and helpful in promoting my run.

So it's race day - the Carnethy 5 hill race - definitely one of my favourite races. There were over 550 starters; that's very big for a hill race.

I had a goal to be faster than last year - it turned out that my wish came true. I beat my previous personal best by a whopping 7 minutes, so very pleased indeed. The atmosphere was truly amazing before, throughout and after the race, a real testament to the organisers which happened to be my club Carnethy. Also it was good seeing all those people cheering us during the race and seeing my club teammates from Portobello.

Then Sunday began with a nice recovery run with the Footworks gang (they are based in Bruntsfield) followed by an abs session. Those guys have been helping me with my training and the footwear I'm wearing, a truly remarkable bunch of guys.

So next week back to long running. See you all soon.