Weekly marathon update, confession & punishment delivered.

I have been bad. For no good reason I didn't do my mid week run this week. I did the recovery run and gym x2 but the Wed run failed to materialise. I have been subconsciously thinking about punishing myself this weekend. With my knowledge I found the perfect lesson which turned into a great training run.

I had 16+ miles scheduled for this weekend so I guess I was bound to procrastinate a wee bit. I should have run on Saturday - the weather was lovely. I was a little stiff from Thursday evening at the gym (shoulders, leg presses and lots of core) so I thought - see how the afternoon goes as sleeping in was nice. Saturday afternoon was taken up revising for my GAIQ exam - more of which next week. So, Sunday dawns really nice - just like Sat but with slightly blowy wind. The forecasters on the BBC say it should stay dry so I elect to run on Sunday afternoon. Hmmm. 50 mins in to the run, just getting to Pinner Green and half a dozen spots hit the deck - no biggy... or so I thought.

• Sleet


• Rain


• Hail


• 130mph wind

Enough already. Man, that wind was cold having been stung with hail and soaked with sleet. Pinner Common is quite exposed. That was tough. I had the phone with me - thinking of quitting? NO WAY! This could be the best training for the day I've had yet. I thought about phoning Marie to bring my running rain coat - again, I thought NO WAY! Who knows where the wind and rain will strike on the 26th?....Suck it up and get over it. Actually, it was (not taking the piss here) pleasantly cooling. BPM dropped to a good level and pace went up - maybe I am most comfortable in the rain? Not the wind, rain, sleet AND hail mind you - just rain is okay.

So, the rain stopped at the half M. Sun comes out....legs are tired - pop in home? It's just round the corner or crank out the remaining 3 miles or so? Extra 3 miles plz.

QUITTING IS NOT AN OPTION.

Thank you, till next time ;-)