Story added: 15th August 2015

The third in a series of blogs from the Norwich native

TV presenter and Norwich native Jake Humphrey will be joining the thousands on the start line for Run Norwich this August. As first published in the Norwich Evening News, here is the third in a series of blogs from Jake, as he experiences the ups and downs of training ahead of the big day:

You know that feeling you get when someone who doesn’t have kids tells you that they are tired? The overwhelming feeling of incredulity, that makes you, as a parent of young children, want shout ‘Tired?! You don’t know what tired is!”

To be honest, I had actually forgotten how ‘tired’ really felt. Our eldest, Florence, is now almost two and a half, so sleeps through the night, eats with us, and is like a mini-mate that fits in brilliantly with our often hectic lives.

Now, though, we are a family of four.  Delicious little Sebastian was born on August 1st, and has proceeded to make his parents yawn more in a fortnight than the preceding two years.

Seb hasn’t been the best feeder, so we’ve been up every couple of hours in the night since he was born, when you factor in that each feed takes about 40 minutes you can see the problem.  It’s the kind of tired that clouds your thoughts, leaves you stumbling in public, and leads to huge yawns at the most inappropriate moments.

Added to the above, the football season has entered our lives like one of those fast, dynamic inter-city trains that don’t seem to have reached Norfolk yet.  I was at Old Trafford last weekend, at BT Sport HQ for a European game on Tuesday, I’m writing this on Wednesday on the train to London, and on Friday I’m in Southampton for the weekend game.

Anyway, the reason for this background, is that amongst the madness I still need to find time to train for Run Norwich.  I am still aiming for a sub-1 hour time, and I just need to find time on my feet.

My latest running plan is to do a long-run every week.  I just want to reach 30th August with no fear about the distance involved.  If I can run 11k or 12k a week then I know come the big day, I’ll be ok.

I’m also doing this for a great cause.  I’m running for the Norwich City Community Sports Foundation who are a wonderful charity improving Norfolk every day through sport.  I’d love you to sponsor me, and if you would like to just search for ‘Jake’s 10k mydonate’ on the web.

Right, back to sleep on the train – it’s all about getting kip where and when I can!