Going for Pembroke

[OutAlongTheRiver]

Next one up - the Wales Half Marathon on Sunday 7 July. Not sure how they get to claim a national title for this, but they have 

This one kicks off at noon on Sunday - designed so that when you reach Tenby, you join in with the Wales marathoners in their finish.

Slightly harsh on the marathoners, since my guess is the HM folks will be pacing faster ...  but we shall see!

We've opted not to find a HM to do in June - since we have slightly mad plans for my birthday on 20 July (which I will write up once we've either done or failed to do ...)

   

The route starting from Pembroke High Street looks to be all on roads - but some lovely roads, including a plunge down to Manorbier, and then a climb up to the Ridgeway which rides high above the coast before a descent direct into Tenby. (Hoping there is some sort of bus back ....)

These look like shortish but sharpish climbs - not unlike some of the South Downs hills, but nothing like so sustained or so high.

We're using the Asics plan again - kicking off from week 6 - and then making sure we do the continuous long runs (been reading about slow twitch and fast twitch fibres and realise that we need to do some 20km runs (not just 5K+ balance) to make sure we're properly conditioned

Oh - and we may throw in some Lewes AC club runs with the "West Sussex Fun Run League" events, just for kicks.

Here goes ....