Nearly At The Halfway Point!!!

Its Sunday, 7 weeks to race day and 7 miles completed on my long run - phew I'm pooped!!  It was hard going and I had to walk in some places (not many) as a) I needed to take my magic beans and a much needed drink lol and b) my IT band was causing issues with my left knee (my left side always gives me problems for some reason).  Also my right hip was a bit stiff and sore - its old age you know!!  This is the longest I have run to date and I was chuffed that I completed the distance.  Although, to be honest I was starting to get a bit bored by the time I had reached the half way point as the route is very quiet past the 3 mile mark.  However by the time I had turned and started to head back into Fairlie, the moment of boredom passed.  I'm going to have to find something to keep me occupied, so looks as if I will have to take the iPhone with me and tune into Heart radio (there's an app for that!!). I had stopped taking my mp3 with me as it was putting me off my pace, so maybe I should just plug in when these moments of boredom happen.

On Tuesday, I went out from an easy 4 mile run.  On the route back, the sun came out over Millport and was very warm (all down my left side). The view is spectacular when this happens and is one of the benefits of staying on the coast.  However, I was glad to get into a shaded part to recover my breathing as I find it hard going in hot weather.  On the final half mile, the clouds covered over a bit and I managed to pick up my lagging pace again. I don't think I am cut out to run in warm weather as I seem to get on so much better under cloud cover!!!

Well Thursday arrived and I went out for my scheduled run.  Turned out to be a fab run and one of the best for a long while ;-) Perfect running conditions weather wise - dry and bright with some minor cloud cover but the sun was not strong and the heat was moderate.  Took my iPhone out with me to try my new running app Runkeeper.  The GPS on it was great and I had no break in signal like I have had with other apps.  Mileage for Thursday - 4.55 miles :-)


From previous entries in my blog I had worried about actually doing the mileage for the half but I seem to have now got back on track apart from the few niggles I have in my legs and I am starting to feel a bit more positive again.

Also now that I am getting closer to the race, I think it maybe time to start sending our my pleading requests for sponsorship for MacMillan Cancer Relief :-)


Kimbles
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