The last 2 weeks a slight overload of work has knocked down the in-week training but two 20 mile runs have kept me in a place I am not all together unhappy with. Both last and this Sunday I set-off with Christina from Waterloo to Farringdon (dropped off Chis), ran up to Kings-cross, along to Euston, through Mornington Crescent, Camden, past the Church in Kentish Town, into Hampstead Heath, to the top of Parliament Hill and then onwards to the top end of the park and the Kenwood House, back-atop Parliament Hill (my word the views are astounding from the top - all of London spread out infront of you), to Primrose Hill, through Regents Park, accross to Paddington, down to Notting Hill, all the way back through Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Green Park, St James' Park (waived to the queen) and back past Westminster and to a fry up back round Waterloo - pheew!
It is nice to know you can get to the 20 mile point but it is the next 6 that will be interesting. When you run for over three hours you inevitably go through ups, downs, adrenaline highs and lows but overall it is just a great feeling. The only downer is that people start to assume you have been doing rather odd things when you walk into work on a Monday with a sincerely dodgy shuffle and limp.
From now on it is concentration on raising some more funds, staving off injury, getting ready for the big day!
The 2 big goals are within sight:
1. Delivering a cheque to the fantastic Parikrma organization - if I can get over the $1,500 mark then that will mean covering the entire education of a child from 5 to university!
2. Running down Pall Mall to the finish line.... and quite possibly collapsing!
Circa:
$650
420km
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