The run this morning was a repeat of last week, running to the Beacon & back with my 10lb+ pack. The pack seemed quite a bit heavier as I started out and whilst it might have had a couple of additional things in it, I think it was just me finding it hard to get going.
It was also a little muggier than last week, which meant that I was hot way before I reached the bottom of the Beacon, although when I got to the top I was strangely not as melted as last week. It took me the same 53 minutes to reach the Beacon, where some amateur radio hacks had set up camp and although I didn’t feel the need to remove my pack, I did stop for two or three minutes before starting the return leg.
Running back was harder work, although not in a wanting to stop kind of way… in fact I took 53 minutes to get back as well, although this was a few minutes slower than last week.
So 10 miles in 1.48 and certainly starting to feel stronger ahead of the TMB.
Congratulations to Mark Johnson today, who completed Marathon number 50! That’s a pretty dedicated training programme for his 51st marathon which he should be able to fly in, say… what, 3.15 Mark? Good lad!
PS, readers, that’s a stretch target for Mark, as he normally saunters around without really pushing himself in somewhere over 3.30 and, shocking as it might seem, sometimes considerably more… lazy git. [that should stir him up a bit!]
I’ve finally realised where I’ve been going wrong all these years, I need a pace maker to pull me round, shout at me when I’m slacking and to generally extricate me from my slumber. Thanks to The Foster for volunteering, I knew the good fellow would step up to the plate, he’s even going to the extraordinary lengths of putting in some serious hill training in and around Mont Blanc ! Now, which race shall we enter ?????? X