and caught in a riptide. I was swimming hard and making no discernible progress for five or 10 minutes that seemed like an hour. I thought it a real possibility that I might have got myself into serious trouble. But then the surface sweep took me out of it

than last year.The plans went well, and Trinity even won her age category at one of our warm-up races, the Halstead Marathon. But in the week preceding the event, taper madness set in and doubts surfaced. We had planned to run at about 10-minute miling

’ve done Tough Guy. There is nothing that can prepare you for this, but to ensure that:a) you are physically fit to do an eight-mile jaunt in the countryside.b) you are completely and utterly barking mad.Now in its 16th year, Tough Guy is a charity event