Too much thinking, not enough doing!

I believe there is no doubt that if I could think myself fit I would be world class an Olympian even, the most unbelievable 53 year old that ever walked this planet!

Sadly this is not the case and no matter how hard I think, it appears that there is no replacement for actually doing!

I have slightly fallen into the trap of thinking a lot, too much perhaps

You can hear the cogs whirring!

• Should I change my style to forefoot running and perhaps save my Achilles?

• Shall I see how close I can get to a 20 minute 5k?

• Shall I try running like a sprinter with high knees and leg extensions like my son ? I tried this in slow motion in the kitchen it felt good, the dog laughed!

• Do I start another completely new eating regime?

• Should I enter some vets track events ?

The more I think and plan, the less I actually do, in fact I now have 4 thinking and planning sessions a week versus 3 actual sessions, surely a bit of an imbalance.

I even dream some of my plans only to wake up and find that I haven't just run across the Sahara single handed.

My obvious main focus is the London marathon in 2016 which I shall run for beating bowel cancer 10 years after losing my dad to the disease, however that just seems ages away.

I have signed up to the Great South Run too, but again it seems far into the future.

Thing is too many of my ideas require different kinds of training and in comparing them all I have ended up doing none of them, what an idiot!

So time to stop thinking and just start running whenever however wherever I feel.

Why do I make things so complicated for myself !

Paul