Matt Gets Running

This month has been pretty slack for me, running-wise. But that’s a fairly con­scious choice. I didn’t want to too much the week before the 10K, and I felt like rest­ing on my laurels a bit after it. Plus I nor­mally take it easy after any long jog, and 10K def­in­itely counts!

But today I got back on the road again, out for a nor­mal Sunday jog. A lot quieter than last week’s, and sans cheer­ing crowds, but still nice. Bridge Val­ley Road remains closed to traffic, which means you get to jog right up the middle of it rather than being releg­ated to the nar­row strip of pave­ment up that runs up the one side, plus it was mostly sunny.

So, I guess today marks the end of my train­ing for the 10K. And the start of my train­ing for the Bris­tol Half Mara­thon, which is on 5th Septem­ber. Which feels both a long way off and scar­ily close at the same time, bear­ing in mind I’ve never done a run longer than three quar­ters of that distance…

Before I go, I’d like to thank every­one who sponsored me on my Just Giv­ing page, and else­where. If I fig­ure in the Gift Aid for the UK dona­tions, and the £250 my com­pany are going to donate, I reckon I raised a total of £709.08 for St. Peter’s Hos­pice, which is fant­astic! Thanks all!