I waited for the weather to improve yesterday before I set off on my long run. By 2 pm it was clear that it wasn't going to get any better, so off I went, in heavy rain and a strong wind. I should have done 13 miles, but in the event, with breathing problems, and some very heavy going, I contented myself with just over ten, going out of Seaford to High and Over, across the downs to Bishopstone and back along the front, pausing at the sailing club to tip water off the cover of my son's dinghy. I had some encounters with brambles, so returned with legs covered in a paste of mud and blood.
It was not without pleasures though, for just after High and Over I came upon a field of lambs, and there was fien view of the Cuckmere valley, mostly underwater. It's not been my best week: I di a shortened speed session on Tuesday, and missed a seven mile steady pace run on Friday, so this week's total is low. But on to week four.
Time: 1:51:33
Distance: 10.11
Pace: 11.01
Thirteen weeks till the London Marathon
Four weeks till the Sussex Beacon Half Marathon
Seven weeks till the Hastings Half Marathon
