Week 13/18 - 33 miles incl 18 mile long

As I was in Dublin on Saturday I did my long run on Sunday instead and having fallen into bed the night before it was tough getting up early enough to have time to digest my porridge. Started with the usual route of the straight road and then diverted to run along the north quays. The sun shone down and it was good to be alive!! Water stop #1 by the Idle Hour - Dad was in position and I was perfectly on time at 50 minutes for 6.2 miles. I continued along the marina which at 10:30 on a Sunday was very busy with fellow runners, walkers and cyclists. Blackrock Rd wasn't a great route as the footpaths were narrow, very up-and-down and the road itself was narrow too. Nice downhill though. Was feeling great and running good too - no sign of knee ache. The uphill from Victoria Cross was the only bit of struggle encountered and was glad to see Team Eileen again at the 15 mile mark at the turn in to Raheen (Water stop #4). Felt like I'd had enough of the Energise stuff at that point so shouted ahead to Dad to get water rather than the sugary stuff. He had to run forward to the car for it and it was funny running along behind him!! Arrived home to the 18 mile mark feeling pretty good and with a time of 2:30 I'm still averaging 8:20 miles a minute.

Dublin here I come!!