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During this mornings run I was craving cookies, popped into the shop at the end of my run & THEY HAD NO COOKIES 😭 . So after I’d warmed up following running with Storm Dennis I MADE COOKIES 🙌🏻 . Vegan chocolate chip cookies & I can confirm they are delicious 😍 . Suitable reward following 18 miles battling the wind & rain with Dennis. . It was horrific. So horrific the phone didn’t come out for any photos. BUT I nailed the run, 2 miles easy, 2 miles at goal marathon pace X4 with 2 miles cool down 💪🏻 . Brings to the end week seven of marathon training & I’m beginning to see real progress. The scary thing is that my training schedule is 14 weeks which means I am HALF-WAY THROUGH. Sometimes I feel confident, sometimes I wonder how in seven weeks I’m going to turn those 2 mile race pace sections into 26.2 miles... 😨 . Anyway, enough of worrying about that, time for another cookie I think 😋 . #run #runner #running #marathontraining #baking
Character building. Let’s call it that... 😬 . 16 miles with Storm Ciara... 🌪🌪 She gave me hope as she didn’t turn up for the first six miles. Planned run was 2 miles easy/3 miles at marathon pace X3. First block went really well, felt strong, hit the pace & was quietly optimistic. . Then Ciara joined me & tried to push me back up the hill I was running down... marathon pace became marathon effort. Frustrating as I felt as if I had the pace in my legs but just could not do it battling a 50mph wind. Pleased I did the run & despite the setbacks I felt pretty good. . Now for an afternoon of hibernation. Stay safe out there, it’s a little blowy 😂 . #run #runner #running #marathontraining #stormciara
Saturday smiles 😊 . Final Surrey League XC race of the season & my strongest, fastest & best XC performance EVER 🙌🏻 . I don’t know what happened but something clicked this morning. Second Strider (I’m usually 5th or 6th), top 25-ish finish (I’m usually top 50), I don’t think I’ve run better! . I felt strong & in control for the whole five miles & even had enough in me for a fast finish. That NEVER happens. I am so, SO pleased with this race! . After the post-XC coffee & cake I met @helen__putnam for a walk round Richmond Park. Missed my running buddy whilst she’s not running. It was so lovely to walk in the sunshine, chatting & catching up & the post-walk brunch hit. the. spot. 🙌🏻 It’s kept me smiling all afternoon! . Happy Saturday! . #run #runner #running #xc #crosscountry #surreyleague #happy
What a GORGEOUS morning for a run! 😍 It almost felt spring like out there; sunshine, blue sky, birds singing & I even spotted some blossom on the trees. Alas, I’ve seen the weather forecast for the weekend & that definitely isn’t spring like! . Thursday tempo, 2 mile warm-up, (AKA 2 miles to take photos before we get down to serious business...) then 4 tempo miles, all done within target 🙌🏻 and 2 to cool down. . Am beginning to feel as if I am heading in the right direction & that progress is being made. This pleases me greatly, as does this SUNSHINE 😎 . #run #runner #running #tempo #marathontraining

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During this mornings run I was craving cookies, popped into the shop at the end of my run & THEY HAD NO COOKIES 😭 . So after I’d warmed up following running with Storm Dennis I MADE COOKIES 🙌🏻 . Vegan chocolate chip cookies & I can confirm they are delicious 😍 . Suitable reward following 18 miles battling the wind & rain with Dennis. . It was horrific. So horrific the phone didn’t come out for any photos. BUT I nailed the run, 2 miles easy, 2 miles at goal marathon pace X4 with 2 miles cool down 💪🏻 . Brings to the end week seven of marathon training & I’m beginning to see real progress. The scary thing is that my training schedule is 14 weeks which means I am HALF-WAY THROUGH. Sometimes I feel confident, sometimes I wonder how in seven weeks I’m going to turn those 2 mile race pace sections into 26.2 miles... 😨 . Anyway, enough of worrying about that, time for another cookie I think 😋 . #run #runner #running #marathontraining #baking
Character building. Let’s call it that... 😬 . 16 miles with Storm Ciara... 🌪🌪 She gave me hope as she didn’t turn up for the first six miles. Planned run was 2 miles easy/3 miles at marathon pace X3. First block went really well, felt strong, hit the pace & was quietly optimistic. . Then Ciara joined me & tried to push me back up the hill I was running down... marathon pace became marathon effort. Frustrating as I felt as if I had the pace in my legs but just could not do it battling a 50mph wind. Pleased I did the run & despite the setbacks I felt pretty good. . Now for an afternoon of hibernation. Stay safe out there, it’s a little blowy 😂 . #run #runner #running #marathontraining #stormciara
Saturday smiles 😊 . Final Surrey League XC race of the season & my strongest, fastest & best XC performance EVER 🙌🏻 . I don’t know what happened but something clicked this morning. Second Strider (I’m usually 5th or 6th), top 25-ish finish (I’m usually top 50), I don’t think I’ve run better! . I felt strong & in control for the whole five miles & even had enough in me for a fast finish. That NEVER happens. I am so, SO pleased with this race! . After the post-XC coffee & cake I met @helen__putnam for a walk round Richmond Park. Missed my running buddy whilst she’s not running. It was so lovely to walk in the sunshine, chatting & catching up & the post-walk brunch hit. the. spot. 🙌🏻 It’s kept me smiling all afternoon! . Happy Saturday! . #run #runner #running #xc #crosscountry #surreyleague #happy
What a GORGEOUS morning for a run! 😍 It almost felt spring like out there; sunshine, blue sky, birds singing & I even spotted some blossom on the trees. Alas, I’ve seen the weather forecast for the weekend & that definitely isn’t spring like! . Thursday tempo, 2 mile warm-up, (AKA 2 miles to take photos before we get down to serious business...) then 4 tempo miles, all done within target 🙌🏻 and 2 to cool down. . Am beginning to feel as if I am heading in the right direction & that progress is being made. This pleases me greatly, as does this SUNSHINE 😎 . #run #runner #running #tempo #marathontraining

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