Happily Ever After
Life in The Rural Retreat with a beautiful wife, three cats, garden wildlife, a camera, a computer – and increasing amounts about running
Earlier posts can be found on Adventures of a Lone Bass Player, where this blog began life. Recent entries can be found here.
Hopes Of Barcelona
by Russell Turner - 21:54 on 18 December 2024
Aiming for an end-of-year 5k PB was an optimistic target – too optimistic as it’s turned out. Blame the weather, or a long year, but I knew early on that a record-breaking time was unlikely, despite doing my best to stick to the training plan. That’s why I’ve allowed it to peter out, finishing with a cool and wind-battered run/walk 10k.
The run did have a point, however: I’ve now completed the 13.1 miles in nine days required to win a place in a draw organised by the newly formed Brooks Run Club. The prize? One of five places in the Barcelona Half Marathon on February 16, plus flights and hotel. After declining the place I won in the Paris Olympics Marathon For All, I think I deserve it.
Winners will be revealed just before Christmas. If I’m unlucky, at least it’s spurred me on to renew my lapsed passport; if I’m lucky, the race fits (with a bit of tweaking) into my marathon training block, albeit at the end of Week 6. At least I won’t have to wait long to find out. In the meantime, with rotten weather, four gigs and Christmas before the end of the year, it’s not a bad time to take a training break. A few walks and some gentle 5ks will be enough to keep the legs moving and hopefully allow a mysteriously mobile hip/back twinge to subside.
The final score for the year was one PB (for 1k), 10 medals and a glass. There’ll be at least that in 2025: more if I stay free of injury and reasonably solvent. Watch this space.
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