Killer Sounds.

I made two more runs down past Rosevidney and by changing my recovery days, by the end of the week I had got in the desired 5 runs and the weekly mileage wasn't what was in the 'original' plan, but at 31.7 miles for the week, is the second best week I have had this year.

The two follow up runs on the mainland were incident free, though they were a little longer each time.

The strangest thing was, on my return to St Marys on the Saturday, the 6.2 miler I put in felt as though I was starting from scratch. Rather than flowing, I felt every footstep. The energy levels and breathing were fine, but transmitting that to my legs just wasn't working. It was a mental push to do the second lap, but it was by far the better of the two.

Then todays was similar. I had been psyching up to it, got the warm up done and boosted my fluids intake. The first lap was stodgy and dragged, the stiff southerly wind didn't help either. But this time (easing back into it all) I was listening to music and on the second lap I changed it from Muses "2nd Law" to Hard Fi and "Killer Sounds". It was a real boost, I love the drama and gravitas of Muse but the bouncy, lively tracks being fed to me by Hard Fi was much more upbeat and..... relaxing I suppose.

So a day off tomorrow to recover and then back into the sling with another long run chucked in to try and get me back on track.

In terms of my Lands end to Broadstairs tracking, I had been stuck outside Newton Abbot for five days, and after a "Too" early comeback, just outside Chudleigh for nine days. But since getting back into it, I have explored the Devon Coutryside just outside Exeter, looping up to Crediton and back down to the big smoke. All being well, I'll be breaking out of the county next week and going all zig zaggy over Somerset.