Feb 09 - A Hazy Shade of Winter

[marathondan]

Hang on to your hopes, my friend
That's an easy thing to say, but if your hopes should pass away
Simply pretend
That you can build them again

Paul Simon there, with some inspiration for keeping going on the long runs. And Art Garfunkel, the inspiration for my huge orange charity wig.

As I type, there is indeed a patch of snow on the ground. Just back from my step-back 7 miler before the white stuff descended. It was certainly a tad chilly out there, and that probably contributed to the unexpected 3:39 marathon pace. On top of 5 miles tempo and 3 miles fartlek, another happy less-is-more week put to bed.

February will bring long runs of 12, 13 and 15 miles, and probably a couple of annoying weeks' commute to Cambridge, which will nigh on scupper my midweek runs (although I have my eye on a 2-3 mile early morning trot between Paddington and King's Cross, to keep things ticking over).

66 miles banked for January.