I'm just in from my 20 mile run and well, it felt like a marathon today!!! In order to be able to run the Cork mini-marathon (???) on Sunday I brought my training forward by a day and because of Cork > Cobh next week I upped the mileage two weeks in a row. As a result I think I overtrained a tad and that was obvious today.
The 6 miles into town went well enough though getting stuck at traffic lights at various intervals along the quays added about a minute.
The Marina was gorgeous as usual and then I continued on up to Blackrock Castle. Have you seen some of the houses up there??!!! Wow. Went to the cinema last night instead of driving this new route and well, I took a wrong turn. Fortunately Team Eileen (Dad) was at hand to set me straight so I reckon I only cut off 0.2m - still it messed with my head and with an already under-rested body I was running about half a minute slower than my normal pace - not good.
Having Dad drive ahead at the new turns and then be there to hand out water or sugary stuff every 3 miles made all the difference. It really kept me going. Woohoo for Team Twomey!! Did an extra piece around the Lough to make up for the earlier shortcut and felt good enough heading out Magazine Road to the Model Farm Road. They're redoing the pavement after Mount Mercy and it's really rough under foot so I moved out onto the road and tormented a few motorists...
Coming into Ballincollig village I thought over and over 'You've just run 20 miles. 20 miles!!!' and I felt like I justified all the sponsorship and support everyone has given me recently. Despite it being one of my toughest runs yet I'm delighted that this big one has been achieved. I'm off for a well-deserved pedicure now!!
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