Back down to earth today, or at least a lot closer to sea level.
We met up at the church as usual, but we were far fewer than the usual crowd due to the holidays. Nick, Anne, Laurence and I set off on our standard Sunday run through the forest next to Le Mesnil on a damp Spring morning. The forest had changed completely since the last time we had been running: the leaves were fresh and green and the undergrowth seemed to have thickened considerably (much the same as the green stuff that covers our supposed 'lawn').
We took it easy for the first half of the course chatting about how much weight we'd put on over the last week (1.5 kg) despite our daily skiing. At the barrier, reached in around 23:30, we turned back and caught up with the girls before continuing the second half of the course at a faster pace.
We managed to pick up speed to 4:08 per kilometre before easing off slightly and finishing at around 4:30 pace.
Nice run in the drizzle to get back into the old routine. 13.8 km all up in 1:08.
Footing
10 years ago
2 comments:
If you are considering another Marathon look into Venice in October. It is dead flat (slightly downhill even), cool, picturesque and well...Venice!
Thanks for the tip Charlie.
What I've read about Venice is that the bridges at the end are a killer. Since this is my weakest spot, the last 5 km, I 'm not convinced that this is the race for me !
I need a marathon where the last 5km are downhill !
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