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After 2 weeks of not running, I went to the other extreme the past 7 days, clocking up almost 70 miles (including the Alloa Half Marathon and Nigel Barge 10k), which is my highest mileage since March 2011.
This has made my legs feel like they've been run over by a bus, although I probably didn't feel quite as bad as John Bishop doing his
Sport Relief Hell. Like at Alloa Half, I knew I wasn't in great shape, so just tried to concentrate on running smoothly and not stressing myself.
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| Positions at 2km |
I got caught and passed by first lady
Julia Henderson soon after this photo was taken:
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| Turning onto Temple Road at 2.5km. Photo: Claire Thompson |
I didn't really have the confidence or energy to force the pace, so just pottered round trying not to drop too many places on the 2nd lap.
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| At the 5km point |
I was caught by John McLaughlin of Garscube several times, but always managed to nip back in front, and managed to hold him off during the final kilometre along Maryhill Road. I could probably have caught Gavin Harvie and Julia before the finish line, if I'd made an effort, but I'd decided I was only interested in not dropping places, rather than catching anyone. My time of 38:03, 1
½ minutes slower than last year, showed that I wasn't exactly firing on all cylinders.
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| Not feeling too great at the finish |
Warm Spring sunshine made for ideal lounging around after the race conditions, however easily the highlight of the afternoon was seeing Maryhill Harriers Stephen and Caroline Jones with their gorgeous 3-day old baby Benjamin.
1 comment:
Looks like you are really got into Spring over there! Here in California, we are finally getting some rain after almost no winter at all.
Good job with your 70-mile week, great catch-up after the weeks off!
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