Theresas training

Well this has been a bit of an uneventful easy week
for me. Due to the change in weather – a few shorter
runs but nothing substantial.

On Tuesday I was late for club and as it was AGM night
I only had time for a short one. Good job really due
to the heat. I ran along the road to the Hospital,
through and up to Eweford, under the A1, along the
other side of the A1 to Spott roundabout, crossed over
and back to Halhill via the trees. As I knew I only
had time for a short one I tried to go fast,
unfortunately I had not taken any water with me and it
was sooooooooooo hot that I was more than glowing upon
my return to Halhill.

On Wednesday it was the first of the East Lothian
Summer Series races in Haddington. I remember this
one from last year – it took place on a hot evening
and because of that it was a pretty tough run. This
year as well as Haddington, Musselburgh and Dunbar
runners there were a Jog Scotland group as well – the
Georgettes (as George Armstrong is “coach”). It was
good to have some other runners there and a greater
variety in speed. It also meant there was less danger
of Sheila M or I going first and getting half of the
runners lost in a field somewhere! Anyway Sheila M
set off with a handicap of 27 minutes and I went with
27 mins and 30 secs (1 min less than last year!) and I
ran it in 27 mins and 22 secs, and managed to beat
Sheila M time-wise (she did 27 min 42 secs but every
second counts!!!!)

On Thursday Sheila M and I had intended on getting in
a longer run as all the runs so far this week had been
quite short. Initially it was going to be 12 miles,
then 10-12, then 8-10 and we actually ended up going
on quite a flat 8 mile route, and walking bits of it!
We think we managed to run about 6 miles though, and
it was very hot. We set off from Belhaven and ran
through John Muir Country Park, crossing over the A1
to run round some farms (Biel/Ninewar????) and back
via North (or South?) Belton Farm and along the A1
back to Belhaven. We were starving by the end (well
it took us a while due to the walk breaks, and getting
lost in some trees when we were trying to find a new
route).

At the weekend I had a 5k in Glasgow – the women’s
race for life. It is the first race I ever ran and
have now completed 5 of them in a row. Unfortunately
my successive streak of improvement stopped this year.
My first race for life I did in 32.??, the next in
28.??, then 26.?? and last year 24.41. So it was
going to be a hard task to improve on last year, and I
didn’t manage to. Excuse wise again it was very hot,
and also I managed to put my back out getting into the
car on the way there which nipped a bit for the first
couple of kilometres. Splits were – 1st km – 5.26;
2nd km – 5.07, 3rd km – 5.20, 4th km – 5.00, 5th km –
4.29. So I had managed to pick it up after the 3rd km
but just too late to do my time justice, final time
was 25.25. Anyway, I beat Heather from the Weather
(and probably over 10,900 others) with my dad saying I
was within the first 20-30 to cross the line. So I
guess its not all bad (also shows you that not many
club runners run these races!)

And tonight is Tuesday – club night. The woman’s
section is growing and growing. So tonight a pack of
9 women headed out – and this wasn’t all of our female
members. We ran up through the trees at Halhill to
Eweford, ran under the A1 up to Wester Broomhouse,
down the closed road (Ossie Dean), across and up Doon
by the farm, through the field and down through the
farm. We came to a locked gate so had to climb the
wall and drop down at the other side. It was a bit of
a sight with me being the only scaredy that didn’t
want to drop (and didn’t want help in case I hurt
anyone!) From there we headed back down to the A1,
crossed at Spott roundabout and back through the trees
to Halhill. It was a good run (apart from the hills)
and I gave my new trainers an airing. I have no clue
now about trainers and what I need. It seems to
change every time I speak to someone different (and I
think it depends on what the most expensive shoe in
stock is). I’m now running in a pair of Asics clouds
– they are nice and fluffy! Let’s see if they last
any longer than my last two pairs….

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