35 days to go...

Well after last weekends long run and a 3 day break to Prague at the start of the week the next chance I got to run was last Thursday and that was a 4.8 mile run after work which seemed to go pretty well.  I've come to the conclusion though that I'm a plodder and am not (in the for-seeable future anyway) going to be breaking any running records or hitting any personal bests that I'll be shouting from the rooftops.

So fast forward to today and my weekend long run.  I sat down at breakfast and mapped a run over the south downs - a tad optimistic but hey, unless I push myself further and further every week I'm going to struggle.  Anyway the weather today was perfect, in fact it was the first day running without my hat and half way round I took another layer off.  Another difference today was that I took some water and fueled up on some carbs (still not enough though), had a bigger breakfast and hit the road.

And what a run it was, finally passing my half marathon milestone and it was up and down the hills of the downs.  The knee held up pretty well - I'm just having to be careful how I run and some of the terrain over the downs was pretty hairy.  But I survived and after my ice bath I found myself being able to walk, go up and down the stairs and carry on as normal - this is a first!!

The route:  http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4344084

Distance:  13.6473 miles

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