Week 15 - Tommy - Day 105 of 112

Fancy a 5km or 10km lads?

Just back from the canal where I attempted to go long - well 10 miles which is long in my book after the last month of stop start training. What a glorious morning. And the tale of the tape is that the hamstring held up. There was a twinge or two but never during the run did I think that I would have to stop. In fact towards the end of the run there were times where I began thinking about other things rather than the hamstring. This is surely a good sign. The pace was a manageable 8 min mile and although typing this a couple of hours later I do not feel too tired. Yes the legs are a bit heavy and they know they have had a workout but really I do not feel too bad. I started off at a very sedate first mile of 8.40 and slowly cut that back. It was difficult to know exactly where the mile markers were as the Garmin is still down in Machrihanish. I should get it next week. The mile times therefore look a bit skewed. The final mile was at 7.47 and that was encouraging.

I got stopped on the way back by a couple of ladies on bikes. After my last encounter with the neds of Maryhill  I approached this women with trepidation. The good news was firstly that she wasn't steamin' and secondly I could understand what she was saying without the need of an interpreter. She was promoting a run next Saturday for the The Deaf and Blind Society. It is a 5km or 10km run along the canal. On closer inspection after the run it was not entirely clear where the run started from. There must be a start point but the flyer did not have the name of the race other than "The Canal Run". I guess it must start from the Bishoppbriggs Sports Centre as it did state that this is where you registered for the race.

I have checked the flight times with Easy Jet. I could not remember when I was flying down. Now I booked the flights ages ago and thought that I would not have a problem in leaving work early on Friday. I have just realised that this Friday is one of the busiest weeks so far in the year. Not good planning. Looks like it will be a couple of long days at the office trying to get everything organised there. Flying down on the 17.15 so need to get away from work by 15.30. Hotel now cancelled so just need to speak with Nick and Paula who have been kind enough to let me stay at their flat and pick up the keys for the flat in the big smoke.

The numbers :- 10 miles - 1.21.10 hrs 
Splits :- 8.42 - 8.07 - 7.38 - 7.50 - 8.14 - 8.30 - 8.14 - 7.46 - 8.32 - 7.47