Onwards and...

[El Gordo]

Well done SP. I also managed 9.5 miles on Friday, the longest I've done for a few months. The plan is 10 next weekend, then 13 the week after. That should set me up for Almeria the week after that. Yes, that glowing feeling is well worth the hassle, isn't it? I'm feeling it right now, after a brisk 3.5 miles round the block.

When it comes to greeting, I've become a hand-raiser too. I used to be a smiler and a cheery greeter, but that makes it more embarrassing if you're ignored. So now I raise my hand in a Fred Dineage "How" sort of gesture. This seems to make it harder for them to pretend I don't exist. That said, they're usually pretty human round here.

Though you've just made me realise that I never knowingly see the same runner out twice.