My right leg, the one which cramped at the end of the Royal Parks, was still a little stiff and sore so it was quite a gentle run. Similarly today at Dulwich where I did four laps of the outside of the park and a little extra for 4 miles.
Yesterday's run took my total for 2011 so far past my total for all of 2010. It's quite satisfying to look back on how my mileage has built up since I started running (and keeping count) back in autumn 2007. Hard to imagine that back then even completing a one mile circuit of Dulwich was a struggle !
I've also been trying a few alternative fundraising tactics and last weekend emailed a bunch of CEOs and politicians asking for sponsorship. I wasn't expecting much of a response but I figured it was worth a try. So far, a few polite refusals, but no donations. Since I'm well on target to complete the running part of my challenge, it would be good to fulfil the fundraising target I set too, without having to fall back on pestering my long-suffering friends, family and colleagues again.
Having completed all of my planned runs for the year, I'm going to scale back the weekly mileage a bit but still hope to run 4 times a week - Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday/Sunday - and do 18-20 miles each week to keep me ahead of schedule. It will be more relaxing not having a training plan to keep to for a while.
My total for the year now stands at 833.72 miles.
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