The next week or so is quite busy with running events and gigs. I’m excited for all of it! And also for next weekend when I will return to my regularly scheduled dozing. The return to near-normality is nice but it can feel a little overwhelming to be suddenly doing All The Things.
The strange brief heatwave that made its way through the UK this week only showed its face in Newcastle on Wednesday, and that was quite enough for me. I’m done with hot weather now! Looking forward to cooler conditions for autumn running. It’s meant to be 13°C and cloudy on Sunday for the GNR and I really hope the forecast is right.
I made a decision earlier this week that I wouldn’t do the 22-mile run I’d scheduled for this week and would instead treat my 18-miler from a couple of weeks ago as my longest long run for the marathon. My body is telling me very loudly that a five-week taper is more likely to get me to the start line in one piece than a three-week taper, so I’m going to listen to it. I’ve got the GNR (13.1 miles) on Sunday, will do either eight or six miles next Thursday depending on how I’m feeling post-race, and six the week after, then a nice ten-day period of only doing mile-and-a-half streak savers and slow gentle parkruns leading up to the marathon. Fingers crossed it will all go according to plan.
This time next week I am hoping to report back on a slow but enjoyable GNR completion, two very long-awaited concerts, and the bulk of a game coded!
This week’s earworm playlists:
Saturday
Republica – ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’
Sunday
The Beatles – ‘Hey Jude’
Tom Jones – ‘Delilah’
Monday
Koichi Sugiyama – ‘Town’
Tuesday
Koichi Sugiyama – ‘Town’
Wednesday
Boston – ‘More Than A Feeling’
Soft Cell – ‘Say Hello Wave Goodbye’
Thursday
Girls Aloud – ‘Something New’*
Friday
The Human League – ‘Being Boiled’
*RIP Sarah Harding.