In these desperate times, the positive news is that I have recovered in time for training; last week, on my birthday I proved it. I ran for 51 minutes (I am 51) and all went well – it was just a tiny stretch of the planned Burnham Overy Staithe to Hunstanton Stretch 6 (23 km) – but I have a month to get real fit for it! Below is the route of the proposed stretch 6. I now run every other day to regain fitness, raising the running time at least by 30 mins every week, so that by