Hertfordshire

In Hertfordshire this weekend visiting Sophie's parents for New Year. Yesterday we went for what turned out to be a 10.5 mile run around the nearby villages on a mixture of muddy footpaths, minor roads and occasional main roads.

We made a lot of stops - for various reasons - so not all of the miles count under the "rules" of the challenge, but it was still a good workout, with some small hills and the conditions underfoot making it "interesting" in places, and we were running for about 2 hours 11 minutes in total.

Today we did a part of the same route for a 4 mile round trip.

Earlier in the week I had a couple of runs in Hyde Park - a nice fast 5 miles on Tuesday at just under 9 minute mile pace, and an intervals run on Wednesday where I planned to do 9 x 400m but only managed 6 in the end. Thursday I was feeling pretty knackered so I decided to give myself an extra rest day.

So my total for the week was just under 19 miles, bringing me up to 124.5 for the year so far.