Went away camping this week so while I had grand plans of getting out most days and exploring a little of the local trails in Northumberland it just didn’t happen.
Not sure why I bother trying to keep to a decent mileage run schedule when on holiday, it just never happens and I feel frustrated for no reason.
I did manage 3 good runs in the week though, a hard effort 12 miler on the trails with some quality elevation and bookending the week a 9.5 mile run in some grim conditions on Sunday after 4 days of pigging out (on top of Easter weekend too).
The highlight however was Ally and I doing a tourist trip to Blackhill parkrun and me bagging my first ever first place finish! Tough little looped course and 18:30 is well down on the 17:14 I ran last week in Huddersfield but gives an indication of the difference.
Beyond that, only 2 weeks until London Marathon now and my plan is to have a reasonably high mileage week with a local fell race at the weekend followed by a scaled back easy week and hopefully all will click on the day.
- Monday – 12 miles
- Tuesday – Rest/Holiday
- Wednesday – Rest/Holiday
- Thursday – Rest/Holiday
- Friday – Rest/Holiday
- Saturday – 3.1 miles parkrun
- Sunday – 9.5 miles
Total: 24.6 miles, 3110 ft elevation