Oktober

[Sweder]

Cracking weather for the BH marathon, and not too shabby for the BHTT 5K either.
A depleted field, what with BH and the Goodwood Cross Country event today. Still, you can only trail in woefully behind what's put in front of you and I dutifully did so, albeit considerably less slowly than last Saturday. 33rd place in 23:20, 1:37 quicker and 24 places up (though still around a minute short of my PB). My pace was pretty good for the middle lap (first full circuit). I couldn't keep it going for the last lap though, tiring badly towards the end as I struggled to fill my lungs. It's definitely aerobic fitness that's needed as I'm still feeling the effects of recent indulgences that I'm far too embarrassed to admit to here :o

The fitness is coming back steadily. I'm planning a 10 miler tomorrow, a steady lope past Blackcap to Ditchling Beacon and back again. It's time to start cranking up the long runs. My focus is now Almeria. I'd like to be up to half marathon distance by mid December, perhaps a couple of hilly 15 milers in January to help build some stamina.

Congratulations to Simon who PB'd for the second week runnning, this time sub 19 minutes. The man's flying, though still a way short of the mountain biker who turned up a few weeks back to clock 15:40

[SIZE="1"]Pace chart shows the drop in pace on the second full lap, even though I put in a dersperate effort at the death.[/SIZE]