Don’t sleep well and I’m up early for porridge and parkrun. Arrive warmed up as Liz drops me off part way but with no clear idea of how I want to run. When we get there we find that we’re desperately short of volunteers. We all help with the setting up, then Sam and Liz step into the breach as Sam starts the race and Liz is timekeeper. Sam gets to run, but only after giving the rest of us a couple of minutes start. I get off to a surprisingly quick start – the running in and then warming up before the start really works for me. If I don’t do it, it takes me the first ten minutes to get up to pace. Run round with Dave and Ellie at a touch faster than my marathon pace and half a minute slower than last week, but still a good time. Sam overtakes us near the end and I make him work to stay ahead for the last couple of hundred metres.
A few others do volunteering rather than running and we’re treated to some excellent support from Pamela Lamarro who really gets into the swing of things. We’ll get there earlier next week and help with the set up as it was a little chaotic this week.
Weight 71.0 kg
Total Mileage 27 miles
Long Run 7 miles
Long Run Pace 8:00
Days without alcohol 40
A low key, low mileage week. The closest I get to a long run is the Tuesday evening session with VARR which was fast but disjointed as we stopped to do intervals in the middle of the session. I have one long run planned for this week plus a final long run a week tomorrow. I’m making a deliberate effort to eat more carbs and with only another eight days before taper I’m expecting to put some weight back on before the VLM.
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