My reasoning ran thus: Saturday was forecast to be windy and dry, Sunday to be windy and wet. Saturday was therefore the day for an eighteen-mile long run.
In fact, though the first half was dry, though very windy, at around nine miles heavy rain started. I went to Bo Peep, then down to Alfriston and Litlington, then into Friston Forest and back by way of Seaford Head. The surfaces were slippery and muddy, and I found the going very tough. The ascents, according to the Forerunner, totalled 2662ft.
Time: 3:27:34
Distance: 17.43
Pace: 11.54
Total mileage this week: 25.7 (rather more modest than last weeks 45)
Three weeks till the Firle 20K
Seven weeks till the Beachy Head Marathon
