Out and about a bit more than usual for a Sunday today. In addition to my recovery mile, I went out for a nice walk in the sunshine as I needed to drop off some extra water for Geth on his long run. It was warm out and lovely to mooch along in shorts and t-shirt – it feels like summer is beginning.
Looking forward to a nice week ahead.
Last finisher (save the tailwalker) at parkrun for the second week in a row… but this time I finished in 41:06. Not typical for the usual last finisher time at Jesmond Dene! I wonder where all the slower-than-me runners have been for the last couple of weeks…
I still had a bit of a stiff hip, but I felt much better than last week (hence the five-minute difference). I’d been unsure about even going last night because I was so tired after a long week, but I’m glad I did go. I always feel better afterwards.
It’s been a bit of a mad week.
After the frantic weekend rush to finish my game by Monday night, I sort of didn’t know what to do with myself on Tuesday! Between TechUP and making two games in the last couple of months, I’ve not really stopped with the non-day-job work since September. I plan to continue with the game-making because I’m enjoying it so much, but I did give myself an enforced break for the rest of the week, and I’m really looking forward to spending the weekend playing other people’s games rather than making my own.
In an ideal world I would have spent the last few days dozing on the sofa… but it’s been a busy week! On Wednesday night I accompanied Geth to the Newcastle University Teaching Excellence Awards ceremony, as he’d been shortlisted for two awards. He ended up winning the award for Outstanding Contribution to Academic Support – I was not at all surprised, as nobody works harder than Geth when it comes to supporting students, but I was super super proud. The award trophy was a glass teapot (TEA – Teaching Excellence Awards), which now has pride of place on our mantelpiece!
Yesterday I went for my 18-mile long run. I’d been apprehensive about it because I’d run into difficulties with my hip on the last couple of miles of last week’s 14-miler. However, I was able to develop a run-walk strategy during the run that meant I didn’t burn out and didn’t put too much pressure on my problem areas. I’ll be adapting this for the actual marathon – I’ve got a couple of six-mile runs to do during the taper, and I’ll practise the strategy during those.
Today I had a physio appointment, and other than a bit of stiffness everything seems to be fine. I’ll pop in again after the race for a once-over.
It’s been a great week overall but also a tiring one.
Added coordinates today to the original post for another Edinburgh phone box – the one on the Royal Mile that is now a cash machine.
Gradually getting all the coordinates added in preparation for my phone box map project!
I’ll be attempting an 18-mile run (with walk breaks) tomorrow, as I know I need to do 18 miles in training in order to be able to do the mental part of the marathon. It worked last time and I think it will work this time. With no game crunch to distract me this week, though, I’m getting a little bit nervous about the run. Just need to do what I did last week and hopefully it’ll be fine.
Already looking forward to the quietest of quiet weekends.
My new game is out. You can play it here. I’m still making occasional bugfixes but I’m really happy it’s done. Onto the next one! …after a bit of time off to rest my brain.
I’ve got a rare ‘occasion’ to attend tomorrow (Geth has been nominated for some teaching awards and so we are going to the ceremony), and I’ll be doing my longest long run of the marathon training block on Thursday (and I need to go vote at some point), and I’ve got the physio on Friday morning… so I’ll be out and about a bit this week, which will also help get me out of game-panic mode.
(It was touch and go whether I would make parkrun today, but there’s been a 48-hour extension to the deadline for the game competition I’m entering, so I’ve got a bit of breathing room to finish my game!)
A fairly slow one around Jesmond Dene this morning as my hip was still stiff after my 14-miler on Thursday. I took 46-ish minutes (slow even for me nowadays) and was surprised to find myself accompanied by the tailwalker, as it was a fast field today (the tail usually comes in closer to 55 minutes at Jesmond Dene). It’s been a very long time since I was last at parkrun!
Hoping to be a bit quicker again next week.