700 miles !

A wee burst of weekend activity has taken me past the 700 mile mark for the year.

Four laps of Dulwich at lunchtime on Friday, four laps of Greenwich on Saturday morning, and back to Dulwich for three and a half laps today - 15.5 miles, taking my total to 62.9 miles for October.

Lancashire and Hertfordshire

We've been away for the last couple of weekends, in Stockport and Hertfordshire. Still managed to fit in an 8 mile run along the Mersey last Saturday, and 3 laps of Fairlands Valley Park for 7.45 miles yesterday.

A few laps of Dulwich Park last Friday and a 35 minute run this morning brings my total for October to 47.38 miles and for the year to just under 686 miles. Only 64 miles left to reach my target !

Gentle recovery

A rest from running this week after last Sunday's exertions.

Yesterday I went to Dulwich for half a dozen gentle laps, and today I did a swift lap of the Forest Hill neighbourhood - so a total of just under 10 miles for the weekend, bringing my total for the year to 648 miles.

I'm starting to look to the future now and have my marathon training plan in place - officially it starts the week before Christmas but I'll probably make a start on training after I get back from our trip to Hong Kong at the beginning of December.

Talking of Hong Kong, I might be running a 10k while we're there, assuming there are still places available. The venue is Hong Kong's Disneyland. It will be fun to take part in a race overseas - it's quite an early morning start and the weather in November is usually fairly comfortable so hopefully it won't be too hot or humid.