The wife reckon I look like a Gnome with my beard, wearing my running gear, and with a rucksack on - charming...I will try and do a photo sometime so you can decide how Gnomish I am.....
In the early stages of my run on one of my farm routes I use, I realised that in the distance behind was two horses also following the same route, and the next thing I knew they were cantering towards me - cue, a challenge to see if I could get to the end of the route before they caught me - I did so but only just. A polite family exchange ensued, and then they pressed on ahead of me, allowing to drop back to a more sedate run rate.
The number of daylight hours I had to get as many miles covered as possible before a much slower night run ensued to complete the marathon were halved, as I was not able to start the run until 8pm, rather than my more hoped for 6pm. The result was 11 miles done in the two hours of daylight and dusk I had before I then lightened the load in my rucksack as I took out my hand torch, stuck on a mid-layer top, and put on a head torch - also had my granola square and a drink.
Some running was possible in the dark but it was more slower, and I ultimately I resorted to sticking to one field route of 1.5miles loops.
I did this until midnight by which time I had done 18 miles, and had another 5-ish laps to do but I was done - the thought of running round that loop for another 90 minutes nighttime or daylight was too much, and on race day there would be no loops, just new terrain step after step.
I may try to do the remaining 8 miles this evening, or I may just write it off.
Week 11 is a four day week, with two mid-week easy six miles being Wednesday and Thursday, followed by an eight mile on Saturday, and fifteen on Sunday - yep, it's a recovery week before the final push back to marathon distance two weeks after that.
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