The End is in Sight

Back in London after two weeks away and, with less than a month to go, the end of training is in sight. Here is my running reflections from my time away.

Sunday 2 March - To Hellington and Back

Delighted that this 14 mile route through Hellington, Norfolk, takes me onto the last page of my training plan. I was supposed to be aiming for a sub-1:30 half marathon but it was a little outside that. I console myself with the fact that it wasn’t race conditions - just me pounding the country lanes - that hat it felt reasonably comfortable, although I’m feeling it now. Roll on 13 April.

Sunday 9 March - Mike’s Bikes

Back in training after a slight cold. I ran 20 miles, mostly cross-country - four laps through Stanton, now that I’m in Suffolk. Hard work! My only observation as I was going around was what a missed opportunity ‘Mick’s Cycles’ of Bury St. Edmunds is. His van was parked in Stanton as I ran through. Surely ‘Mike’s Bikes’ would have been so much better! Maybe the name was already taken. Any bike, whether Mike’s or Mick’s, would have helped me with the training today. It looks relentless over the next few weeks.

 Wednesday 12 March - Stormy Weather and Mythical Creatures

Waited patiently all day for the storm to subside, which id did around five, and was rewarded, on a nine mile run, with sightings of a deer quite close up, which was as inquisitive about me as I was about her, and mad March hares boxing each other before dashing across the field as I approached. Bizarre and wonderful.