Day 22: 50 meters into this run it started hailing very hard. It was difficult to run in as I didn't really want to look up as my face got sore. This lasted the whole of the first mile. Luckily after that the other 2 miles was just heavy rain which I can cope with fine. This is really the kind of challenging weather I expected when taking on the challenge in the first place so I'm glad the weather gods obliged. lol.
Day 23: I thought it was game over today and not because of storm Barbara. I had stomach issues most of the day but after dinner I actually felt better so went out for a slow jog on a different route which just came in under 3 miles. But because it was slow it was over the 25 minute mark. I think I was lucky with Barbara too as although it was windy, I think I missed the worst of it.
Day 24: Storm Barbara continues. Parkrun was on today as usual but decided to take my turn volunteering down at Pollok which was long overdue. I did my 5k route clockwise when I got home. I have to say I am really enjoying going the other way to usual. The first half was into the wind and the second half had the wind behind me. Nice and progressive too.
Day 25: Parkrun today and I headed to Pollok. I met up with Gregor and we ran round together. On paper it would look like a training run just taking it easy but my legs were quite tired going into it so on the second lap especially I was working quite a bit especially up the hills. Even with a time of just over 30 minutes I was surprised by how many people I was lapped by but obviously Christmas brings out all the big guns!
Day 26: Did mile laps today adding up to the 3 miles. Each lap was quicker than the last and really upped it especially on the last mile.
Day 27: Another good 3 mile day. My runs all seem to be progressive these days and its not even planned. I just seem to naturally do it. Can't complain.
Day 28: Felt good today so aimed for 10k which is really what I wanted to achieve this month. The run went better than I could have hoped for and got round in just over the hour mark. Even better thing was I could have gone on.
Day 29: Legs were not surprisingly feeling it a bit after yesterday but once I got going I actually felt pretty good. But at the same time I made sure I went at a very easy pace.
Day 30: Same route as yesterday at same pace. This time though had a sore spot on my right ankle. Hopefully some ice should do the trick.
Day 31: Great thing this year that the Marcothon finishes on a Saturday. Which could only mean one thing - PARKRUN. It was off to Pollok again. I wanted to give it my best shot today even with clearly tired legs. I was proud of the way I paced it and couldn't have really asked for better. Ended up finishing in 28.05 so a solid parkrun to finish not only the Marcothon but the year.
Looking forward to 2017 already
Happy new year!
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