Strange to think......

..... that a normal week these days consists of work, meals, internet, 6.25 hours of running and 44 miles pounded out. This week was a normal week. Day off Monday, a 6.2 mile straight run on Tuesday to get back in, Hill climb for over an hour on Wednesday and a mid range 9.2 mile run Wednesday (2 laps of the island). Friday to recover, 6.5 miles on Saturday to get back into it and then the long run today. The long run....

The Long Run. 15.7 miles, 3 circuits and an extra small loop. I had a bad nights sleep last night, conditions were very and I went in with a slight sense of trepidation. The run presented no particular difficulties other than the psychological stretch of being out on the road for 2 and 3/4 hours. But I could see it coming from quite early on..... It just felt "Slow" and slow it was. 2hrs 47 for a distance of 15.7 miles, exactly 10 minutes outside the 10 minute mile pace I am after BUT there's three things to remember. 1) I have a few weeks of training left, 2)Running on St Marys is up and down, up and down, it's over training for the streets of London and 3)10 minutes out of 2 and a half hours isn't that bad.... not really.

In terms of the Virtual training I am doing on the mainland, I've put in some good mileage and fought my way out of Somerset to work my way through West Dorset, I've called in on five friends, 1 place of work and 3 "I-Can Schools and my progress looks a little something like this