Back from my hols

Just before I went away for my holiday, I had been running a Fartlek session on a Thursday, and going great, but then I experienced a sharp pain in my right calf, so I pulled up and walked back, not wishing to cause any further damage.

So I took the whole of the next week off to recover, and then went on a camping trip to west Wales for a week.

I had glorious weather, particularly on the last two days, and so I headed off one day to walk the coastal path.

The walk was quite rugged, and particularly hilly, and I ended up walking 15.4km (9.5 miles), but most importantly, without a single twinge from my calf.

So last night I was confident that I could run the 7 mile Malpas Mixed Bag route without any problems, and as it turned out, that was the case. It went without a hitch or any twinges.

And time wise I was happy with an average pace of 9:15 min/ml .

I really now need to look at upping my mileage and getting up to 13 miles without struggling in the last mile or two, so I'm going to head out after work on Friday for a 10 mile run.

As I am intending to run on Friday, I have offered myself as a volunteer for marshaling at the Riverfront Parkrun on Saturday morning.

Then on Sunday, it is the annual Rack Raid, a 13 leg relay from Grosmont, Monmouthshire to Henllys, Cwmbran. Unfortunately I didn't get picked to compete, so I am supporting two of my club mates by taxiing them to their start position at White Castle, where they will then run the leg to Abergavenny, then taxi them home again.

The final runners should be crossing the finish line about 12 hours after the first runners began and where we will all meet to cheer on our club mates, enjoy a BBQ and a drink.