Last Sunday I went to support my sister-in-law run in the London Marathon - she had a great run and went around in 4:26, a really excellent time, even better given it was her first attempt at the full distance.
I've been thinking of doing "the big one" for a while and I think watching all the thousands of weekend joggers like me last Sunday was probably enough to convince me to give it a shot. Not sure I'll sign up for London, since the crowds make it difficult to get a clear run a lot of the time. But on the other hand the atmosphere and the crowd's support were fantastic. I took several hundred photos...
Anyway, back in the here and now I had some good runs this week in Dulwich to finish April with a total of nearly 74 miles, including a very quick 5km on Thursday which I completed in 26:06, which bodes well for beating 55 minutes in the BUPA 10000 at the end of May.
And today to get May off to a positive start I did two-and-a-bit laps of Greenwich plus an extra bit for a total of 4.75 miles. It was nice to go back there after a week off (because of the marathon closing a few roads). It's a great park to run in, some nice long, flat straights, together with a steepish hill to make you work a bit for your mileage. And it's a big enough park that even when it's busy it doesn't seem crowded. And today, maybe due to the bank holiday weekend, it was nice and quiet. Oh, and the views are great too !
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