It
has been a positive Christmas in the Carthorse camp. News of a new sponsorship deal to rival Sarah
Mac’s Inavo Eight contract came in just day’s before the holiday, in the form a
text message from Mother, who offered cooked meals all Christmas in exchange
for keeping my bedroom tidy and my bed made.
Seemingly
spitefully however, my fell shoes by the afore mentioned manufacturer had other
ideas, slicing a layer of skin clean off the back of my heel on day two of the
holiday. Ten days have now passed and
this latest injury now resembles a gouge out of my foot, making requests by
Malcolm to make the 10 minute limp to the postbox cause for anquish.
Meanwhile
I am fully prepared for this weekend’s Warwickshire County Champs (XC), despite
my girly injury scare, and fresh from record 341 man-minutes of labour to
remove the spikes from the footwear from last time out.
In
other news, tales of my double-December PBs has clearly spread, with fan tribute video[s] now starting to emerge on the internet. Teenage running sensation Emilia Gorecka used
the term “fantastic” on her website while Steven Bayton replacement training
partner Dan Robinson has not been seen since it went viral.
