Ashby 20 momento's

My number,

My hoody,

Ashby 20 18/03/12

The rain in the night woke me up, it was chucking it down. Up at six for my porridge and it was still raining, left at eight and it was still raining!

Arrived at Ashby at nine and it was still raining!

Now the start is about a fifteen minute walk so wearing a bin bag off I went. The start was at ten and miraculously the rain slowed and after about two miles stopped and the sun started to come out.

The route is two laps which is horrible felt great until mile 17 when my hip started to hurt and I had forgotten my pain killers!!! So stretching, running, stretching for the last 3 miles I finished on a very muddy finish line in 3:02.27, it was tough as it was hilly but it was 20 miles and I am confident London will be ok (as long as I remember my pain killers) and at London I won’t have to drive myself back.

Roll on London.

It stopped raining!

And the sun came out and it hurt, it really really hurt!

Full report when I have recovered.

Ashby 20 tomorrow!

Got my stuff ready I am number 233 and will be using this as my last long run before London! Want to do it in about 3 hours it is time running not speed which is important.

I have also entered the Sport Relief mile 10k at Oak Tree Leisure centre next Sunday a good cause and another race.

Report on Ashby when I get back tomorrow.

The Ashby 20!

March 18th 2012 a twenty mile run round Ashby De La Zouch perfect training for London.

Sooo.. I'm in! and you get a snazzy hoody too!

All bunged up!

Can’t seem to shake this cold! Feel fine apart from being all snotty which makes it difficult to breathe while running, so have not been out since Sunday. Am off to club night tomorrow for a steady 7 miles though in preparation for the 11k this weekend.

Plus points to not running is I have been able to watch the beautiful Claudia on ‘Strictly takes two’ very sexy!

Have received an email today inviting me to run in next years Ashby 20 which is a twenty mile road race however I think it is the weekend after the Kilomathon so I don’t know if I fancy running 16 miles one weekend then 20 the next though I am daft enough! Will have to give it some serious thought.

Finishing early today as I have my kids so must crack on!