Distance : 16 miles - Long Run
Total Training Distance (since beginning Jan 12) : 168 miles
Route & Stats : Whittlingham & Thorpe St. Andrew
As the title of this suggests this was a really good run. 16 miles at just over 9min miles is exactly where I was expecting to be at this stage. I felt good throughout and didn't get the tight feeling that I had in my lower back that I had in previous weeks long runs. Maybe the fact that I was unable to train much during the week, due to being away with work, was a good thing and gave my old bones a bit of a rest.
I felt decent at the end of the run and could probably have carried on, but a plan is a plan and the thought of getting home having something to eat and a soak in a hot bath was too much of a temptation.
The weather was just perfect, clear blue skies not a breath of wind but quite cold, which I don't mind at all. Had to stop and take this picture of the frozen broad, just awesome.
Got another week away coming up but 'have trainers will travel' is the motto and I will a) try and grab a few miles (even if it is in the hotel gym) where I can and b) by careful what I eat and drink - it's remarkably hard to stay on the straight and narrow when their is so much culinary temptation thrown at you and the fact that I am on expenses!
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