2019 - will one thread be enough for the whole year?

[marathondan]

June finished in flaming fashion, and I rounded it off with a decent 13 mile slow run. I'd got to bed at 1am after driving back from Essex, but  set the alarm for 6am, determined to get out early as the temperature was due to hit at least the mid 20s. The run was decent enough, not the quickest, but that's not the point of a long run. These days, marathon race pace is about 9:45 for me, and these runs are meant to be done slower than marathon pace -- something I never really got in the old days, but a reassurance for me now when slow training pace tends to be around 10. Half of the previously-mentioned waist-high grass had been recently mown, but not yet baled, so there were faint traces of paths, but those sections were somewhat akin to running on snow.

I still haven't managed a week of three runs. There are only three weeks left of school, so maybe I will concede defeat and wait till then. However, there are only 10 weeks till the marathon...

Year to date: 247 miles. Jan: 21, Feb 20, Mar 33, Apr 47, May 50, Jun 77