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RE: 2013 Part Deux
4 weeks to the Henley Half
Reasonable progress continues to be made. Last week I tried a lunchtime tempo session in my new environs of Bracknell, a town which is much maligned for its lack of greenery. But I found a route, via some tortuous cycle paths, to a decent park and mill pond with a perimeter of about a kilometre - three laps of that, plus the getting there and back, did the job. You can't escape the sound of traffic, but it's possible to remain out of sight of it for half an hour.
Then later in the week another late night blind stumble around the lanes of Waltham St Lawrence while Luke went to band - another 11.4 miles on road. This is breaking new ground for me since adopting a shorter stride, especially on road - it may not sound much, but I can still feel a whole new group of muscles feeling sore, and sore they did feel for a good 3 or 4 days.
A busy weekend meant a full 5 day gap to the next outing, which was welcome after the tarmac-pounding. Then last night a slippery tempo session around the field under clear, autumnal skies. The real running weather has returned.
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