Heading closer to the Half Marathon big day and feeling more nervous. Really wanting to put in the extra mileage but actually hurting so much that I have been worried about running at all! It is now that I am fearing that I won\u2019t make it. Worrying whether it is advisable to switch which trainers to wear – or have I left it too late. Whether to keep trying to cram in the miles or relax. Well this is when I heard about Tapering – which is to slow down and not do as many miles. Thing is people who taper usually are doing a lot more anyway. The Easter holidays also saw that I got a lot more rest. With a trip to Italy coming up the first week I pretty much allowed my boys to play computer games and eat chocolate. In fact I think the only exercise I got at all was at running club. This was a \u201cfun\u201d week – and they are always hard work! We ran up and down steps – this was easier going up than down and made me lengthen my stride so that I wasn\u2019t using the same foot to land on each step each time. Then we ran a long downhill stretch and back up again, and finally up and down a shorter, steeper, hill. Each of the activities in short bursts switching with a partner. By this point the slight pain in my heel and knee from running 12 miles amplified.<\/p>\n