Hey peeps, sorry not blogged for a bit,
been far too busy training J
So today on the plan was a 22 miler-the
longest ‘til the big day, as you know I did 18 a couple of weeks ago, and also
managed to sneak in a cheeky 20 with my devoted husband cycling along side me
with jelly babies and water. So today was 22 with my running buddy Jason. I’ve been working on that gammy leg by the
way and ‘touch wood’ no new niggles. Got a new pair of trainers to break in
before the big day-still shiny a white but I noticed today they are already
wearing away on the inside-very irritating! Not sure if it’s a manufacturing
fault or just my feet!!!
Due to a bit of apprehension of both
Jason’s and my part we decided to strategically place his car en route with
fuel at about 13 miles seeing as we had no bike-aid today!! We agreed on aiming
at a pace of around 8:45, however as usual we ‘felt good’ so started out at
8:30…..and carried on at this pace until-well actually I though around mile
15-16 however looking at the Garmin data it looks like maybe we reduced our
pace much earlier although it certainly didn’t feel like it. By this stage my
legs were feeling it (probably something to do with the 5KPB I got yesterday
during the hilly park run!!!). So we decided to slow a little aiming at our original
plan of 8:45, which turned to 9ish then 10!!!!! Argh, the legs were ‘LEAD’.
Then the niggle…..not my usual niggle though, oh no a whole new one L In my right knee this time, my right leg has NEVER moaned. We
plodded on noticeably getting slower by the minute, then hit a few road
crossings-note to self, DO NOT stop moving your legs while waiting for the
green man! It’s like trying to move through treacle with a head wind uphill-not
good!!
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| Note the decline in pace around 16 miles!! |
Anyway we made it home, in one piece
(just), we reached 22 miles about ½ mile from home so walked/hobbled the rest
of the way, no thanks to Matt driving by beeping and waving-yeah thanks for the
lift!!!
