Good weather for a ten mile run

Today I've hit a bit of a milestone, I've finally made it up to the magic ten miles, a target I've been itching to achieve for a few weeks now. And one I'd have reached sooner if not for my knee giving me a set back. Still, I've made it now, and it's onwards and upwards from here. I'm running the Silverstone half marathon in just three weeks, and the big one is now only eight weeks away. So that's just five weeks of build-up before the three week tail-off. How time flies when you're having fun!

In preparation for today's long run, I decided to take the advice of Daniel Bateman (Australian 200m & 400m Champion):
"I wear Skins ™ to bed between rounds at competitions to assist recovery and I wear them for warm up and to prevent injury in the lead up to competitions"

I wore my Skins to bed last night, and it seemed to make a difference, my leg didn't feel sore when I started my run today, and despite a bit of a grumble as usual around mile 3, it settled down quickly and I made it through the ten miles with no further pain.

Mile 1 - 12m41s
Mile 2 - 12m37s
Mile 3 - 13m39s
Mile 4 - 10m28s
Mile 5 - 12m02s
Mile 6 - 12m35s
Mile 7 - 12m36s
Mile 8 - 13m26s
Mile 9 - 12m49s
Mile 10 - 13m08s

The mile points where I took mylap times are approximate, but the overall distance is the same. Ten miles!

Back to swimming tomorrow and then running again on Tuesday.