laughing and a running hey hey by aphid

I may have no talent for running , but I do have a love of it , which will do very nicely instead. I love being out there on a quiet chilled misty morning. I love seeing kingfishers darting along the river. I love when I get into the “zone”, when my legs seem to be moving of their own volition and my mind drifts off to wherever it wants to be. This morning it was with daughter no1. She is just starting uni and we dropped her off at Exeter on Sunday for the start of freshers week. I knew it would be hard saying goodbye , but I  wasn’t prepared for the heartwrenching pain I felt as we pulled away and left her walking up to her flat. She is already having a fantastic time , which is as it should be , and I will pull myself together and stop being pathetic .

Today did my final LSR before the Royal Parks Half in 11 days. It went well. Did same run as last time along River Medway, but as legs felt good , I added a cheeky extra mile and a bit , making it up to just over 13 miles. Wasn’t fast and probably wasn’t pretty but was very enjoyable. I couldn’t find my fruit shots but spied some jelly babies on my way out so grabbed those and I now actually wonder why I have wasted my money on sis go gels/fruit shoots in the past. Good old jellybabies were just the ticket. Popped one in every 3-4 miles and felt fine. Prob just placebo but as any good GP knows – placebos are not to be sneezed at!

Won’t do any more long runs now , will just keep ticking over till the RP Half now. Anyone else out there in RB world doing it too?