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Blog 10

Week 20/03/2017 -

This week I ran Mon, Fri and Sunday

Mon -  After the 2 marathons at the weekend I took a spin class this morning. My legs felt ok not too many aches and pains and the spin seemed to loosen them up a bit. This evening I went to striders for my weekly speed (or not so fast) session. I actually felt ok, a little bit tired but I usually do on a Monday after teaching all day and spending an hr or so in the water just before speed training. It takes a while before my legs register they are running. lol. Tonight's session consisted of

1 mile w/u
1k, 2min rec
800 2min rec
1k, 1 lap rec
800, 2 min rec
1k, 2min rec
800, 1 lap rec
Just about 6 mile followed by boot camp with Jordan which I did take part in but with less enthusiasm than normal lol. Home at last for a couple slices of honey and walnut bread with a chicken mmm.

Tues- My foot was a bit sore so I didn't run, went to the gym and stretched, core and glutes. Then my regular spin Tues night.

Wed - I went for a deep tissue massage with the lovely Becky, ouch but felt a lot better. Tonight I did back to back spin classes.

Fri- I did a spin class this morning and ran with the dragons tonight about 3-4 mile.

Sat - we had a fundraising Race night, it was a brilliant night lol everyone really enjoyed themselves, getting right into it. Shouting and cheering their horses on. Thankyou to everyone who supported the event, sponsoring races, buying horses, jockeys, providing prizes and raffle prizes, mavis, the red river club and bar staff and everyone who turned up to make it such good fun. We raised a massive £1066 for the Brathay trusts "focus on Furness appeal" helping our local children.

Sun - I set off this morning with only 4 hrs sleep, but it was daylight and feeling warm already at 8.30am. The clocks had gone forward and I felt good after the fun night we had at the race night.

It was really warm as I headed up the hills from home and when I got to the top I was rewarded with the stunning views of the snow topped mountains in the distance, although because it was such a clear day they looked really close like you could just reach out and touch them. I then ran through the lanes and across the level crossing and down towards askam where I was meeting a friend (aimee ) who is training for London Marathon.

We met just on the hill that goes through the farm and I took this opportunity to take my jacket off before we set off on the next 20 mile. The sun was shining, the flowers were out in force and you could hear the birds singing. This was going to be a good run. I soon realised that the coolness of the morning had gone and there was no breeze, this was gonna be tougher than I thought. we ran along park road past all the factories, slowing our pace to a comfy pace in the heat. Along the road we past the fire station and turned down towards the Chanel side path towards the dock museum. There was a little bit of a breeze off the sea along here and we chatted away as we ran. We turned onto the bridge over to Walney Island and up towards the air field, stopping already for a top up of water at the crown. From here we headed along 13 corner lane, round to the golf course and down to the sea front along the path. We ran all the way up to thorny nook on the sea front before turning back along the road and back towards the bridge, then dock museum and back onto the main road out of Barrow past the factories. The weather had got really hot now and there seemed to be no air, but we plodded along back to the level crossing, along past the brick works and back to Askam and aimees house where we stretched out while waiting for Dave my chef supporter to pick me up. All in all it was great to be out in the sun(I now have tan lines lol) and the fresh air with amazing views all day and great company 22 miles done.