End of Phase 3 - "Highest Mileage"

Sunday, Week 12 of 15

Run: "22 Miles, Slow"
Time Taken: 191 mins
Total Mileage So Far: 425.5 miles

Week 12:
Total Weekly Mileage: 47.5 miles
Time running: 6 hrs 25 min

On my mp3 player this week:
Muse - Absolution
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Jet - Get Born

Woke up to spring sunshine, and a feeling I have missed recently - I was actually looking forward to getting out.

And it all went brilliantly. Started off nice and slow, reached the 10 mile point in Bingley at 1 hr 25 min feeling still comfortable, and looped round and back onto the canal to find the towpath still shut (as on the 18 mile run 4 weeks ago).

This time I enjoyed the cross country section that the diversion sent me on, and returned to the canal covered in mud only to find another wire fence in Saltaire. The sign on it just said 'Find Alternative Route'. Great. 16 miles out and I have to find a detour. Just as well it was somewhere I knew, but it still added half a mile to the run.

Back on the canal again, and I was still feeling good through the last few miles. Saw loads of other runners out. Some of them doing the same 'last long run thing' as me probably.

Also saw some people warming up for the fantastic Baildon Boundary Way which I did last year - a mad trail race taking in cross country courses, vertical climbs and yomps across bogs. I loved it, and it was probably harder work than today's run.

Took it easy up the hill back to the village and even found the energy to up the pace running across the centre of the park, arriving home in 3 hr 11 mins.

That's the same time as last year and 10 minutes quicker than the year before, which I'm happy with considering the detour and the fact I felt 1,000 times better than when finishing either of those.

Now the taper starts, and barring accidents, three weeks today it'll all be over. Can't wait.