After our mammoth 16 miles on Sunday, Tracey & I completed two 8 milers on Tuesday & Thursday evening...
I have to say that I felt ok on Tuesday's walk....got into my rhythm quite quickly & although felt a little tired, enjoyed only having to do half of what we had walked on Sunday! We walked it in 1hr 44, very good!
Now, to last night's walk...............
RAIN RAIN & MORE RAIN!!!!!!
What to do?
Well, the more we walked last night, the less we would have to do on Saturday so.....we decided to go for it & see how far we could go without getting too drenched....although we have had the odd shower during this year's training, we hadn't experienced the joy of a real pissing-down-walk!!! It's all good experience in case it rains on the big night itself.......
It was an "interesting" walk!! Dodging puddles is an understatement. I was really really tired, my legs started aching in the second mile...not good!....starting with my calf muscles, then working it's way up all the way to my hips.....I was wooden-walking! But, the rain got lighter, my legs got looser, got my rhythm going & we decided to go for the whole 8 miles, leaving just 10 to do on Saturday......I am sooooo glad we did. We had a couple of 11 minute miles & finished in 1hr 43, not quite the 1hr 42 Tracey said we had to aim for, but still really good considering the awful conditions & my legs!
We were soaking but happy.
So, tomorrow sees the final walk for this week...42 miles in one week...wow. I will be so happy tomorrow lunchtime...............
I can feel the odd celebratory Guinness calling to me already......
xx
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