Day 6

Week 1 - Day 6 Saturday 21st July

My reward for staying in town when my wife was camping was to be able to do the park run this morning :-)  I was well happy about that as I managed to beat my pb again (but only just, this time) and also get my time below 30 minutes.  I think I started off too fast because later during the run and afterwards it felt like I had strained my lungs (if that's possible) as it really hurt to breathe and to talk.  I made a mental note of doing the first lap slower next week and see how I go on with that.

The rest of the day was not very trainig orientated, I'm afraid.  I went back to the campsite and got joined by my brother-in-law who was also staying the night in his own little tent we had put up for him.  His first ever experience of camping.

Later we went into Leek town and met up with my sister-in-law and her hubby from the Wirrall and my sister-in-law and her partner from Biddulph.  First we went out for a meal and then we all went on a pub crawl.  We visited five pubs but I was good sticking to my trainin g plan, so I didn't have a single alcoholic drink.  It was quite easy anyway but even easier since I was driving.  I still had a thoroughly good night and happy that I didn't have to feel guilty since I had already done my running for today.