It was the day after the snow had hit and the sun had returned so off I went again determined to do the route I'd planned a week or so ago but missed a bit out.
I'd decided to use a drink on this run as we found Claire's drinks belt and I'd just bought some 'Nectar Fuel' to try out. I'm not sure if it was the drink or just the lovely day but I was feeling good and strong throughout the run. The only downside was the bit of the run I'd missed out on my previous attempt. The snow had worked its magic and it was a bloody quagmire throughout Walton wood which brought things almost to a standstill. I was slipping a sliding all the way and even went on my ass at one point!
Once out of the wood I managed to get back into some sort of stride before hitting Bolehill. Now, seeing as Celtman is.....hilly....Bolehill, I think, will prove to be a good training hill for me. This time round it was a classic training section, deeply psychological!
As it was still sunny the hat's peak came down partly to block the sun but more importantly to block my view of the top of the hill. I had tired legs from the quagmire of Walton wood and this hill is steep and goes on for a fair distance so it was most definitely a case of head down, rhythm going and plug away regardless of what the head was telling me to do! This paid off as, looking at the figures afterwards, the mile lap still came in under the 10:30 min/mile pace which may not mean a lot to others but put into the context that when I started running my pace was 10 min/mile and now I'm running up Bolehill, 6 miles into a run and I'm almost hitting that pace!
All in all, it's a great route varied in both vista and gradient so offers great variety in training.
I can tell the training is becoming better quality as this run was the first time I've felt the need for a recovery drink (FGS) and recovery tights!
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