Well, that icy wind has disappeared, thankfully, so I took advantage of quite a mild morning and enjoyed a reasonably brisk 10 miles. Basically the route I improvised on Monday, amended slightly to make it exactly 10, and run a little bit quicker - aiming for around 1:20 and finishing in 1:18:34, so averaging 7:51 per mile.
That brought my weekly mileage up to 35.3, and for the first time above my average weekly target for the year. I'm still below target overall, but that's as expected at this stage of the year. As the longer races approach my training miles will increase appropriately, or at least that's the plan!
Speaking of longer races, I'm still wary of doing any marathons this year, as my trapped nerve still gives me pain, more or less all the time while running, but increasing markedly when I get beyond 10 miles or so in a race. It was nagging me today, but as I wasn't pushing hard it was tolerable.
My pal wants me to do Chester with him, in October, and it looks like a nice course (Chester is lovely - I think of it as York with pink city walls). If there are still places available after I've run a half marathon (possibly Stafford, in March) I might consider it. The other problem is that I may not be available for Stafford due to work commitments.
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