Wednesday 18 February 2009

What is a douche anyway?

Distance: 6 miles
Time: 1h05m03s
Mile 1 - 10m43s
Mile 2 - 11m10s
Mile 3 - 11m13s
Mile 4 - 10m46s
Mile 5 - 10m48s
Mile 6 - 10m23s

This evening called for a 65 minute easy run. Let's see that's 6 miles in just under 11-minute-mile pace. And that's exactly what I did... I even managed another negative split. Mile 1 felt good, a warm up. However Mile 2 dragged a bit. Mile 3 was hard because of all the traffic on the main road dazzling me with their headlights. I was pretty blinded by the light at one point, so I could barely see the pavement. I was just another runner in the night. There were at least three of us out tonight, jogging around the village in the dark with our head-lights on.

Mile 4, I picked up my lucozade sport (left conveniently outside my house) and turned round and started to run back in an anticlockwise direction round the village. The main road wasn't so bad now, and knowing I was over half way meant I could up the pace a little, as every step is taking me closer to the end of the run now. I dropped off my drink at half way on this lap, and picked it up on Mile 5. Now I'm in my comfort zone. Mile 6 and things are looking good. I like running. It's fun, isn't it?

Day off tomorrow!

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Running 13.1 miles in memory of Carl

I ran the Silverstone Half Marathon on 15th March 2009. I managed the 13.1 mile course in 2 hours and 4 minutes. Not a bad effort for my first Half Marathon! I returned in 2010 to run it in 1 hour 54 minutes, and plan to do it again in 2011. I decided to run this in aid of The PSC Trust and PSC Support in memory of my brother Carl, who died from liver failure in November 1997. If you'd like to sponsor me for this - please email me at pscrun@ulen.me.uk PSC Trust
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