….., usually indicates that a marathon is somewhere on the horizon; and
of course, a marathon is on the horizon although at just under 11 weeks
away this is probably the earliest 20 run during marathon training.
Following the success of last weeks 15 mile race at Folksworth I knew it
would be a good run; so, with a slightly new route to take in Upper
Dean and Hargrave on the way out, and then the runway at Chelveston
airfield along with the new footpath from Higham school to Shirley Road
bridge I ran my inaugural 2011 20 mile training run. Well, actually
20.64 miles to be Garmin precise. Using the MapMyRun website I tracked a
route of 20.4. Using the ‘follow the road’ feature for speed the actual
distance normally ends up shorter; but of course, for mega distances it
ends up longer - ‘sod’s law’ I think.
It is also the first 20
mile circular route, I usually prefer out and back (for reasons of 20
mile accuracy) and local geography. I’m sure this one will be run many
times.
I mentioned Shirley Road bridge, this has recently been
repaired after being left to deteriorate after 40 years of non-use and
that's another story.
Round-up
January -
180.64 best January ever and 45 up on last year
21 runs - 3 up on last year
2 races 2 pb’s - MK parkrun (first running) and then Folksworth (great pb)
Pace 7:36 m/m
Summary - excellent month, great foundation for a great London but don’t overtrain.
