Pain is temporary. Pride lasts forever
As you can see from my blog title, I am still nervous about the Pembrokeshire Coast Challenge.
It still seems an utterly foolish thing to do. But hey, I am still planning to do it.
This week I have been doing some 1 hour long runs at lunch times (I’ve also been getting to work a couple of hours early though). I have managed to find some muddy paths and tried a couple of pairs of shoes on them. One pair stands out as much better than the others so that is my race pair.
One thing I am concerned about is getting “pins & needles” in my feet. Normally, I don’t get them on long runs but I do get them about 25 mins into the run on a middle/long distance triathlon. But I’ve been getting them running along the river. I think the issue is that after several days of back-to-back running something must weaken in my foot or legs. Oh well. I know I can run through this.
Yesterday was a non-running day and just did a 40 minute swim. I want to make sure I have a little rest before doing a couple of 1 hour plus runs this weekend. Then next week, I’ve decided to do a couple of 30 minute easy runs before hitting it big time on Friday with 42k or so.
I am now just waiting for the sky to get a bit lighter before taking the dog for a walk (and I’ll make sure I have my rucksack and trainers with me and we might walk at about 9 min per mile pace).