Training Log Archive: Bommy T

Isle of Man, Race The Sun - A 100 ish mile relay around the island.

I had leg 2 which is 10ish miles along the beach right to the northern most tip of the island. We started a few hours behind everyone else so it was a solitary time trial. I aimed to run a good tempo for the first 10k then hit it as hard as I could for the rest, this worked well and I ran a decent leg, nothing special but got the job done. It was just a case of running on the hard sand where possible and trying to keep momentum over the soft stuff. After the first few miles you get past a headland and can see the lighthouse at the finish many miles away - it seemed to take forever to get there but despite this it wasn't too bad and I actually really enjoyed being back running hard again. I did not feel my achilles at all during the run but 5min after I finished it was very sore and I spent the rest of the weekend hobbling around.

The team all ran very well and we smashed the record, massive fun.

Recce of leg 7 along the coastal path with Nails and Lloyd. This forms part of one of Lloyd's evening run loops, it is pretty stunning to be honest.

Easy on the Mersey loop, achilles started to hurt after 10k, ran a bit faster after that because it seems to help.

Easy on the P&B loop, great to be out running again!

Had flu over the weekend but typically I was well enough to go into work today, not well enough to run though.