We didn't do our usual walk then swim tonight as Tracey is unable to walk on Thursday. So we decided to do a speedy 8 miler instead........who would have thought that "speedy" & "8 miles" would go together in the same sentence!
How nice it was, walking in the light evening as the sun set! It was also quite mild as well, no rain, no blustery wind & NO SNOW!!! What a change.
We walked the 8 in 1 hour 43 & I really enjoyed it, even feeling that I wanted to walk even faster! I had a real spring in my step. Don't know what had come over me! Perhaps it was a mixture of the better weather & also the fact that we were walking half the distance compared to Sunday? Who knows. Maybe I am just in the right frame of mind at the moment. We all know how that can really help.
We have been looking ahead at the last few remaining weeks before THE day (it's 6 weeks on Saturday..!!). The training plan for the week beginning April 13th recommends walking 42....YES 42...miles during that week. Imagine that! However, when you break it down, it can be two 12s, a 10 & an 8.....oh is that all you may say....but when you remember that we have been walking these distances for a while it really doesn't seem that bad...HONESTLY!! Last week, Tracey & I walked 28 miles, so almost there...!!
The big 20 is due on the weekend of May 3rd/4th, very luckily a week before Tracy's 40th birthday! We then have two weeks to "recover" & only do shorter walks. I think I will swim a lot those 2 weeks as well to keep my muscles from seizing up & rebelling against me forever!
Butterflies are starting already............
xx
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