Training for the Firle Half Marathon began in earnest, with a Wednesday evening session with the Seaford Striders. As it had been several months since my last club run, I asked to join a slower group, and together with a newcomer called Harry, was allocated to a group led by Richard. This serendipitous Tom, Dick and Harry trio were joined by a number of newer members and we set off for a run to High and Over, then down to the Cuckmere valley and back on the A259. Nature notes: egrets and a heron. The new girls, for so they mostly were, were no slowcoaches and while I led the pack down the hill at High and Over, when I tried to catch some of them near the end I failed.
The programme told me to do a three mile and a four mile session during the week. By doing nearly seven miles (6.87 actually), I think I can justly claim to have fulfilled my quota, and now I have an assignation with the redoubtable Sweder and friends on Sunday morning for a scamper up and down the Seven Sisters.
Full data on Garmin Connect
