... for some very generous donations, including £200 from Abbott Laboratories Limited and a couple of substantial personal donations from other runners.
Not much to report over the past two weeks. After our bike ride to Stratford and back, Leon and I expanded our cross-training options by buying a brace of nice Specialized hard-tail mountain bikes. I am gradually learning to handle this new toy. I've continued to run and swim and cycle, though slightly less because I've had two very full weeks at work. Leon's running ground to a halt soon after mine did. I may not be as good a runner as he is, but Leon seems to need me to be training in order to keep motivated himself.
Then on Friday I tested my Bad Leg with a gentle 4-mile run. It was fine.
And yesterday evening, after 31 miles of mountain-biking on predominantly rough canal paths, I ran just over 5 miles at around 10mm pace. It was fine again.
So today I raced. Without any children to transport, Leon and I cycled the 6 miles to Kingshurst for the Centurion Grand Prix 5-mile race. Leon decided not to run, and was deployed as a hazard-warning sign over a patch of black ice on the path. It was perfect weather for a PB attempt, and I'm at my PB-setting weight (49kg), but it was all too evident that swimming and cycling are not enough to maintain running fitness. I pottered round comfortably in 42:35, even slower than my last outing. My shin twinged very subtly. I won't run tomorrow.
AND I was presented with a nice little trophy by the club for being Runner of the Month for October, apparently because I'd done lots of marathons. I was chuffed to bits about that :o)
This week as things stand I have two full days and three half-days at work, so I'm hoping to have time to do more training, still mainly swimming and cycling but with regular short runs.
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