And I am living on prayer, that I make it through the 26.2 miles!! Today, I tackled the dreaded 13 miler for the 3rd time...and this time I made it!! Yes, the 13 miler is done at last. All I have to do now is the same again one after the other, plus a little bit more (as my Dad reminded me!!)
I set out around 0800 this morning, having had a slice of toast and a few sips of lucozade. Like last week, I made it to the 6.5 mile mark comfortably although my breathing felt heavier than usual for the first couple of miles. The split time was 1:06 for the first half of my run which was pretty much what I was aiming (hoping!) for. The key then, was to not just make it back the rest of the 6.5 miles but to try and do it in good time too. I turned back and started on the homeward journey, counting down the miles until I had done 11. This was the point where it went wrong last weekend as I only made it another half mile before the legs gave in, but this week it went to plan and I completed the 13 miles in 2hrs 14 minutes 14 seconds and I was a happy, if a very tired, man.
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