Today I ran the first long run of this campaign of training for the 2009 London Marathon. The weather had improved, though windy, and I chose to run up to Firle Beacon and back, this being about ten miles. This is not far, and I shall be running double the distance later on in training, but it will do for a start. The Garmin misbehaved, of which more in a forthcoming post, and the run was hard, but the views were magnificent. As I reached Bo Peep, I came upon some penned sheep, controlled by a sheep-dog. One by one, they were taken to two shearers, who trimmed the fleece around their bottoms. After their treatment, they made an odd sight, with the clean shorn fleece around the bottom contrasting with the grubby wool elsewhere.
I also ran three miles the previous evening.
Sunday
Time: 1:50:21
Distance: 10.08
Pace: 10:38
Saturday
Time: 30:36
Distance: 3.01
Pace: 10.01
Total mileage this week: 17.13
Fifteen weeks till the London Marathon
Six weeks till the Sussex Beacon Half Marathon
Nine weeks till the Hastings Half Marathon
