January 2015

[marathondan]

Week 6 of 18

I did indeed set the alarm for 5am yesterday and, after a marmalade sandwich (toast takes too long) and a glass of apple juice I was out the door. I was surprised to be greeted by a light dusting of snow, which made for firm conditions underfoot. I was even treated to a short flurry around 6.30 as the wind whipped up and visibility across the field dropped markedly, but it didn't last. As Marathontalk came to an end after about 8 miles, I still had plenty in the tank, so fired up the marvellous Appetite for Destruction and upped the effort level for the last two miles.

Finished feeling great; all in all it was the best run of the season so far. In terms of mileage we're still at base camp, but going well so far. Nice to have the week's runs completed before breakfast on Saturday. And I squeezed it into the last day of January, leaving me with a very pleasing total just shy of 80 miles for the month. 22 more to come this week.