Holday and marathon training ......

... are these mutually incompatible?

Managed to do about 8 miles today - it was harder than I imagined! Off to race tomorrow - travelling to rural Virginia with no map !!

Hope to fin Whit and Steph - but who knows ?

Father and son

Woke this morning after our arrival in the US and Oliver and I went for a run at 7 am, that is 3am UK time! We ran up to Capitol Hill from our hotel and then along Pensylvania Avenue. A memorable start to Our Running Career, and a great start to our trip to the US.

Ten k run on Sunday in sunny Virginia

Lost......

...... in Barrowden!  Yes, on my last UK run for the next couple of weeks I set out to run for 90 minutes around my neighboring villages of South Luffenham, Wakerly and Barrowden.  Beautiful morning, setting off at 6.30 am I decided to relax and enjoy.  As I ran into Barrowden my well honed sense of direction suddenly disappeared and I spent the next five minutes stumbling around the back lanes of the village.  New York it isn't, it just makes me wonder what the next two weeks has in store, running-wise?  Will I make it home?  Will I ever see Rutland again?   OMG!

Water torture

After my pleasing five mile run yesterday,   I thought I would take on the challenge of Rutland Water, in its entirety.  It was one step beyond!  So, although I had hoped to do the full 22.5 miles, in the end I only managed 15.5 with my body telling me no more!

New record

Just completed the Burton Coggles 5 mile beer run.  The best things,  an impressive turn out by Rutland Runners, a new best time for me for 5 miles and a pint of beer at the end; well after cooling down!  Burton Coggles is a small village in Lincolnshire.  The village is very small.

We all ran well and posted good times!

It is over

So, for another year the Rutland Round is over and I have the privilege of being one of two of the first to complete this year.  Our standard bearer on the runs is Peter and I am waiting for a photo to mark the fact.

Well done you Rutland Runners