Running Fool

Approx 7 miles with the middle group at Meltham AC. Nice easy pace on a warm evening. Felt fresh and energetic.

Short fartlek run to Slaithwaite Reservoir. Even with rest intervals it felt like I was running quicker than the 8 1/4 minute mile pace that I timed. Felt fine at the end so might be wrong! Need to do some timed runs around Titanic field to gauge pace better.

Distance: 3.4 miles
Pace: 8 1/4 minute/mile

Week 35 - 18 miles

Thursday night "social" run with Meltham AC. Probably about 6 miles with lots of big hills and Deep Bog. I'm going to need to get some off-road shoes if we do more of this sort of thing. Or perhaps just some Wellington boots.

Brisk run on the flat around Titanic Mill field and Slaithwaite - 5.3 miles.

Small race with Alice around Littleborough, near Hollingworth reservoir. The fast pace was a bit of shock to the system and it HURT. Hip not too painful afterwards so I'll start adding some speed work into the training.

Time 20.54
Pace 6.6 min/mile

Initially no Loot, but picked up a spot prize of a bottle of zero calorie coke. It could have been worse, however, as the person before me took the last bottle of Lambrini.

Run in the countryside with Alice after work. Fairly gentle pace for about 7-8 miles and yet more hills!

Pace ~9 min/mile

Week 34 - 15 miles

Ran with the slow group at Meltham AC for a hilly, easy pace 8 miles around Meltham and Linthwaite. Much more enjoyable than running on my own around home.

Pace ~9.5 min/mile