UltramarathonMike

Another busy couple of weeks have seemed to fly by with work, DIY and of course trying to mitigate the pain of the Round Rotherham 50 with as much training as possible.

To that end a good club session last weekend was followed up with nice speed session on Friday evening and a good run around the Beaver Trail (with an ending variation) has sharpened me up a little and yesterday I finally managed to get out with my friend Adam for a nice 8.5 mile recovery run around town in the cool dark evening.

Sunday started out cool, clear and sunny and, though it did feel warm later on it was just right for a Sunday morning ultra pace run. The picture above pretty much captures the moment for me.

I have known Adam since probably before I could say words of three syllables or more and he used to run, like really run. After a 10 year (10 stone!) hiatus he is back shedding weight and feeling good. Last night was the first time we had got out, partly due to the fact that he is now running up to 10k and mostly because we both lead busy lives. For someone who claimed to be able to only run-walk a 10k we did a 10k together (I did the extra to/from his house) comfortably, chatting all the way around in under an hour. It’s great to see him back on the road.

So, a long one tomorrow and then to get ready for next weeks MTB Marathon