...forming on my own two feet, hurting like hell!! Yip, I have blisters on the arch of each foot and one more on the end of my big toe - the perils of being a runner I guess.
The alarm went off at 0800, 0810 and 0830 this morning before I finally dragged my backside out of bed...it is Sunday though, meant to be a day of rest not a day of running! 8 miles on the menu today and I was out in my spandex at 0850, and my goodness was it cold. So not only have I got the increasing distances to deal with, the weather is getting colder and colder. At least it didn't rain.
I felt good during the run this morning, after the mandatory mile and a half of trying to get a rhythm in my legs as well as my lungs. Once I had that rhythm, I pushed on through the first four miles before the turnaround. I kept my breathing under control until about a mile from home, when I started to open up my stride. My knees weren't too bad, although they did ache slightly towards the end of the run but I pushed on, lengthening my stride a little more until I reached home - I even felt like the last 300 yards were my version of a 'sprint finish'!!
I did the 8 miles in just under 1 hour 20 minutes - which, if sustained, will have me completing the big one in under 4 and a half hours. I've just set myself my target!
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