99 days to go - The vest arrives

Route #7 Duration : 39 min 21 sec Energy : 327 KCal Distance : 3.5 miles Max HR : 122 Bpm Av HR : 113 Bpm Mile pace : 11:14 min/mile

The main excitement for today was the arrival of my runners sponsorship pack from Cancer Research UK. This contained lots of goodies including my official running vest - shown to the right.

The running today was a gentle recovery run to wind down the week. I have to admit that I may have been overdoing it the last couple of weeks - 11 runs in 13 days covering the best part of 90 miles - and my body is beginning to complain. They say that stiffness is an injury waiting to happen and I have to report a stiff left hip and right ankle so I am looking forward to a rest day tomorrow and I may well do some form of cross training on Monday, probably swimming, rather than a run unless my aches and pains are completely better. As always the gentle run relived most of the stiffness but I would be a liar if I said I was completely pain free.