God what a glorious morning. And I'm not just saying that through the adrenaline buzz of the run, that has completely worn off during the weekly Tesco trip. Really crisply cold, with a haze early on that burned off quite quickly under a lovely bright sun. Brighton and Hove seafront looked completely stunning, all the water calm and still and reflecting prettily.
Sorry to have inserted my less pretty self into that picture for those others of you that were out and about! This has been quite a heavy week training-wise, and I've been very much counting on this paying off at some point, preferably today. And it did, thank god. Soooo much better than last weekend's 8 miles. On that run I was dead, or wishing I was, at half way. I never hit that stage today, and my pace was a significant improvement as well. It's obvious that D-Day - either the Brighton Half in Feb or the full Brighton marathon and for some people probably both - is beginning to loom large for those of us attempting these things. There were LOADS of runners out this morning, most of them moving significantly faster than me and some moving at a pace that was frankly just a bit showy offy. As ever, a lot of nodding, smiling and waving passed back and forth. Or at least I hope it did. I was definitely smiling inside but it might not have got as far as my face. So apologies to anyone who felt blanked, I honestly thought I was beaming at you!
Apologies also to anyone who was frightened by some of the noises I was making. I have reacquired the ability to drink on the move over the last couple of weeks, but this morning discovered I'm also an accomplished puker-while-moving. Not fun, not intentional, but unfortunately unavoidable. Not entirely sure why, as this has never happened to me before. It passed quickly and didn't seem to impact the rest of the run too badly, if at all.
Tomorrow is an off day in the plan, so the spectre of Zumba looms large on tomorrow morning's agenda. Eek.
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