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Mmmtea! |
I've got just over 10 weeks to go before I start running from Land's End to John O'Groats. That came around quickly! Training, in as much as you can train for this sort of thing, went through a bad patch for a couple of weeks but is turning a corner again now.
I had a stretch of maybe two and a half weeks where every single run was awful. I couldn't hit the pace on any efforts, everything felt really hard, I was too tired and stressed to fit in all my planned runs and I was getting really wound up about it all. But then, as with all endurance events, things started to get better again. Running to/from work is helped by great views like these, now that the days are getting lighter:
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Hello goosey! |
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Turns out it's quite good running on that bank in the morning before the tourists descend |
And my local trail haunts are gorgeous:
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North Downs Way - my absolute favourite so far. |
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This run stopped me from going totally bonkers recently! |
A few administrative points are coming together too; I have found a charity I would like to support and I'll talk more about that in a few weeks time once they've sorted out Gift Aid applications and I can link to a donations page for folks to help the cause. Looking to get one or two companies to support a little too, waiting to hear back from folks who know how to do that sort of thing because I have no idea how to go about it (too damned English and self-effacing!).
I've tested out putting up my tent and my tea/hot food making capability:
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Needs a bit more practice with the roof tension. |
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Super roomy, length-wise and I'm not short. |
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This little fella is my best friend! And my trusty Asics :) |
And after a false start with a different 30L one, I've found a pack to run with that fits properly, doesn't bounce around when I run and has perfect capacity for what I want to take with me. It makes me feel a bit self-conscious when I run with it at the moment as it's designed for and marketed towards the Marathon des Sables market, but it's perfect and thanks to
MyRaceKit for shipping swiftly so I could get on with using it and getting used to it!
I've also put my spreadsheet skills to good use with a tool to figure out pack weight depending on what I'm carrying. I just select the number of each item, it calculates the total weight and it's reusable for any event or training run :)
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