A Bridge Just Far Enough, Thank You

IMG_0122.jpgJust back from the last run of week two. This was quite dif­fi­cult, but I put that down to the fact that I’d already traipsed around the Har­bour Fest­ival for a few hours earlier in the day, where I also picked up a (very minor) bit of sunburn.

Also, I reckon I was run­ning faster! The last few runs, I’ve been start­ing the iPhone app off as soon as I’ve left the house. This was the first run where the halfway point was exactly under­neath the Sus­pen­sion Bridge — I’ve always been just a little this side of it before. So, that was gratifying.

And, while it was dif­fi­cult, I man­aged it. I was def­in­itely flag­ging a bit by the pen­ul­tim­ate run, and I don’t think I had much left by the end, but I’ve got a couple of days of rest before the next ses­sion, and I can always take that a bit slower if I have any trouble.

Today’s pic­ture is a hot air bal­loon, clearly prac­tising for next weekend’s Bal­loon Fiesta. I’m plan­ning on get­ting up there for one of the 6am launches to take some pho­tos. But I don’t think I’m up to jog­ging up there yet :) Maybe next year!

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  1. Arline
    August 2nd, 2009 at 19:34 | #1

    Week two sor­ted! Fantastic!

  2. August 4th, 2009 at 19:26 | #2

    So I’ve moved myself back in to week three after doing two runs in week four then not run­ning for ages after hurt­ing my foot. I went out this after­noon, and it was great! Still feels like pretty hard work mind.

    Matt — how do you find that you feel after you go for the runs? I think it was about in week three that I star­ted to find that I actu­ally felt great after the runs. Not so much in them, but def­in­itely after them, great :-)

    Good luck tomor­row. Go Matt! Go Matt!

  3. August 4th, 2009 at 23:01 | #3

    I feel pretty good after­wards. I ima­gine I’ll feel bet­ter as a go along, too; cer­tainly I used to feel pretty good after kar­ate, when I’d got my breath back…

    Glad to hear you’re back on the road :)

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