I ran my long run in the heat, a round trip to Bo Peep, Firle Beacon and back on the ridge above Bishopstone and Denton. I found it harder than I'd expected, in spite of lots of water before and during. Perhaps it was reading Murakami on his 100k ultra in the Observer. I should have done 13 miles but had to settle for eleven and a half. Both barley and wheat are ripe now, and I ran next to a combine harvester for part of the way. My anti-histamines seemed to do the trick.. Just after the peak of Firle Beacon, in the manner of the man versus horse race in Llanwrtyd Wells, I raced some cows, but beat them easily..
Time: 2:11:19
Distance: 11.61
Pace: 11.18
Total mileage this week: 23.03
Thirteen weeks till the Beachy Head marathon
