Today is a rest day and it could not have been better placed. All public transport is cancelled due to Snowmageddon so it's a walk to work. It was "challenging" albeit ridiculously gorgeous.
The erroneously titled: 75 minute run I'm not going to go into this in a lot of detail, but it was the worst run I've ever had. My head is all over the place and, truthfully, my confidence has taken a massive knock. Plus I have niggles in my calves so I'm going to rest up for the rest of the week till long run on Saturday. Going to stick my head well and truly in the sand till then.
26.2 miles in 5 hrs 37 minutes and 26 seconds It's a funny thing, this marathon lark. After 4 months of training (including 3 weeks of taper, in which I appeared to have completely forgotten what the whole concept of running was all about) I woke up on the morning of the 22nd of April 2018 calmer than I have ever felt before. The thunder storm that woke me up at 1am, wasn't a great deal of fun, but we'll gloss over that. But I was calm. Centred, even. Yeah, I know, weird AF. I'm about to embark on the longest distance I've ever run in the hottest temperatures on record - I should be worried. I've trained in blizzards and ice and wind and rain, with the very occasional sunny spell, but, unsurprisingly, Scottish weather has not brought me anywhere close to 24 degrees. IKR. I'm as surprised as you are. Anyway, the night before we had gone to Wagamamas and I carb loaded so hard on ramen that I thought I was going to explode. James, Calum and I m...
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/gailhatesrunning I'm so so so so SO happy. My offline and online donations have reached my initial £2,000 fundraising target. Genuinely humbled by how generous and amazing everyone has been. I want to thank everyone personally, but there have been so many anonymous donations!!! I love you all very much. Thank you xxx
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