That was the week that was
This week has been a good one and I am right back on it. On
Tuesday lunchtime I went out for a tempo run which felt great. By the end I had
managed 10 miles in 70 minutes including a good climb. My legs felt full of
energy.
My route took me all the way around Folkestone, through the woods and back along the canal and sea front. I was tempted to complete another 3.1 but saw sense and called it a day.
On Thursday I also spent my lunch hour running but the weather was ferocious. A storm was blowing in and the wind exceeded 30mph at times. That’s fine when it is behind you, but take a gust in the face and you soon find yourself running on the spot.
The scene of giant grey waves crashing onto the shore made it all worthwhile as I struggled along the sea front and back for a total of 6.2 miles (10k)
I’ve managed to fit in some stretching every other day and, although my alcohol intake has been higher that I would have liked, I am in good shape with no recurrence of the foot pain.
In total I managed 87.7 miles this month despite having almost 2 weeks out injured. That leaves me 100 miles to complete in December to reach my goal of 1500 for the year and an average of over 4 miles per day.
I’ve already been planning 2019 with my fellow Bald Monkey, Little John. So far it looks like this:
My route took me all the way around Folkestone, through the woods and back along the canal and sea front. I was tempted to complete another 3.1 but saw sense and called it a day.
On Thursday I also spent my lunch hour running but the weather was ferocious. A storm was blowing in and the wind exceeded 30mph at times. That’s fine when it is behind you, but take a gust in the face and you soon find yourself running on the spot.
The scene of giant grey waves crashing onto the shore made it all worthwhile as I struggled along the sea front and back for a total of 6.2 miles (10k)
I’ve managed to fit in some stretching every other day and, although my alcohol intake has been higher that I would have liked, I am in good shape with no recurrence of the foot pain.
In total I managed 87.7 miles this month despite having almost 2 weeks out injured. That leaves me 100 miles to complete in December to reach my goal of 1500 for the year and an average of over 4 miles per day.
I’ve already been planning 2019 with my fellow Bald Monkey, Little John. So far it looks like this:
- January – New Year’s Day Marathon – Dymchurch
- February – Deal Half Marathon
- March – Lymm 20 Miler
- April – Paris Marathon
- May – To be decided
- June – Clifftop Challenge Marathon
