Sunday, December 12

Beautiful morning here : light cloud cover, cool breeze, green fields and corn (if there'd been any, which there wasn't) as "high as an elephant's eye". The 20km extended to 22km : run/walk, 5/2 (run 5mins. walk 2mins.); last 3kms no stopping; time on feet 3hrs10mins. Took sports drink & 1 gel; water available from tanks along the way. Breakfast consisted of a banana & a cup of strong coffee. I decided that since there'll be walk breaks on the day, I'd better practise them now. The 'walk' is not just any old walk...Oh No! It's like those 'real' walkers do it....straight forward leg, arms pumping like pistons across chest...haven't got the bum wriggle right yet but, with lots of practice, it should be in full swing by next year!. The 'look' is fantastically hideous, but has an added advantage of scaring drivers into a wide detour onto the other side of the road! Back home & had a Snickers marathon bar (multi-grain one...yum!) & a chocolate protein drink. And now for a bit of a kip (like 2 hours), followed by a pasta evening meal & 1 (maybe 2) glasses of red. Pleased that 3 hours 'on the feet' was quite comfortable.....60km for the week. Week 17 coming up!