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I forgot to post that I managed a 2.5 hour run a couple of weeks ago.  I managed about 15 miles according to www.gmap-pedometer.com.  Not too bad but stil not enough I thnk to have me tackle the www.ashby20.co.uk……….

I dropped out of a 2:20 run with Richard o  Saturday morning as he was leaving at 06:15 and I wanted a lie in after a hectic week of late nights, early morning and travelling back and forth to Macclesfield.

 

I went out on Sunday afternoon and managed a 9.5 miler up and down hills witha time of 1:20ish which I suppose wasn;t too bad for the terrain – my body aches today though – tomorrow should be a lot worse then 😦

Managed to get out on a run down the canal last Sunday.  It was absolutely freezing and the canal was covered in ducks sitting on top of the ice.

 

I ran with Mark and we made it to the usual short half way turning point in 22 minutes and returned in the same time.  All in all a useful run out but well below the time and distance that I used to be doing regularly.

I managed to get out of the office on Wednesday lunchtime to run with Adrian and a couple of others from UK CRN.  It was all very reminiscent of the "Experian Days" as we ran down the canal (and Adrian ran out of breath :-)).  The downside to this was there’s only a single shower shared by the office so getting showered and changed was a long drawn out affair as long as the actual run.

 

Saturday am saw me running 13 miles (according to Google Pedometer) in 2 hours – crap time but all miles.  I was so exhausted that I tripped and went my length twice.  Once on the canal side (almost head first in :-)) and once around the res.  I just couldn’t lift my feet high enough to clear the rock and the tree roots that I tripped over :-(.  I had a moment of panic when I saw my right knee all battered and swollen but it looks to be surface damage only.  The rest of the day was spent resting from the effort of my longest run in over 12 months.  I suppose the bright side is it’s only a couple of months that I started back to running with 10 laps of the rec so to get to 13 is ok – If I’d been on my marathon trainig year (2005) I’d probably only have got to about 13/14 or so miles anyway, but my time would have been much quicker.

 

To run faster and further I must run faster and further….

Managed to fit in a 7.5 mile run on Saturday night.  The time wasn’t great (around 70 minutes) but it’s all miles in the bank.

I’ve continued with the running, managing a few runs of 6 – 8 miles with a few gruesome (with my current fitness levels) hill climbs and today I was out with Bunde @ 08:00 to run for 90 minutes.  It was absolutely freezing all the way round, when I finished I called in at the local co-op and noticed the the backs of my woollen gloves were completly covered in ice!

 

Using the Gmaps Pedometer app showed the distance to be a smidgen short of 9 miles (which I’m happy to round up to 9 miles) and fairly hilly track.  We completed it in exactly 90 minutes – 10 minute miles, not good.  Miles 2 – 4 are a climb, followed by a steep descent to mile 5 then up and down all the way to the finish.  At about 5.5 miles there’s a fairly short, sharp incline which just about had me done in – I could feel the energy draining from my head down to my toes and I was glad to get to the top without stopping, vomiting or passing out, but it was a close run thing :-).

 

Anyway, I’d took the precaution of popping a couple of Ibruprofen before I went and I’ve had a couple since which have saved me from the full horrors of my overworked legs – tommorow maybe a different matter though.