Saturday, 3 July 2010

Another long day in the saddle....

Today was a big day. I set out at 6am to meet up with Jamie and we headed of into the Surrey hills. Newlands corner was the first big climb only to be outdone by Leith hill. It is the highest point in SE England and boy does it feel it. From my Garmin it suggested a climb or around 800 feet in just over half a mile. By the time we had finished (5hrs 50 minutes for me) I was absolutely exhausted. My belief about the 1 hour run I was supposed to be following it up with was very low. So I changed into my running gear, kitted myself out with £1:50 and headed out the door. Just like last week the first 2.5 miles was fine then it all went wrong again and I bonked. This time however, I stopped, bought a sports drink (hence the £1:50)and walked for 300 yards whilst I knocked the drink back. I then set of with the intent of completing the whole thing in one go which I did. In the end the short walk hadn't lost me that much time, I ended up with 6 miles in the hour which although slow in a 10k or half marathon I think is quite acceptable for this upcoming event. Needless to say I was wasted for the rest of the day, but since part of that involved a flight to Singapore it was no great waste.  

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