So after a couple of weeks where watching a tight calf muscle and completing the Wokingham Half Marathon were the focus, this has been another regular training week.
I began on Tuesday with 6 miles, including a tempo 5K in the middle.
With Richmond Park closed in the evenings at the moment, Thursday night saw a run round the course of the Cabbage Patch 10 mile race, not especially quick given some awkward pavement stretches, but all good miles.
Saturday was the long run this week. Beginning with 3 miles from home to the start of the Kingston Parkrun, I then ran the race (5K) in 22 minutes 14 seconds. My best for that course is 21:09, but that was run in the dry and not as part of what became a 14 mile training run.
The 8 miles home were not run in particularly fun conditions. Heavy rain and a cold wind made it something of a grind – we like to call it character building. On morning’s like these, much as you’d like to grumble, maybe even take a short cut, that would be cheating. More importantly, there’s always the chance it might be cold and wet on marathon day, and quitting simply isn’t an option then.
Its seven weeks to go until Marathon day.
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