Afternoon Run - 17km (trying to avoid the wind!)

dannewton just finished a 17.11km run, that lasted for 110 minutes.
This run helped dannewton burn 1317.0 calories.

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Description from Strava:
Another wet and windy Wednesday!

Although not as wet as it was last wednesday to be fair

In fact I was mostly bothered about the wind... I checked the weather forecast:

Looks if I get out early I should be able to get done before the worst of the rain and wind. And as luck would have it, I was working from home today, so was able to log of sharp at 4.15pm.

Without an hesitation I quickly got changed and headed outside bang on 4:30. I had also made a quick decision regarding my route today. Instead of my semi-regular jaunt down to Coleby and back, which features lots of wide open countryside and is quite exposed to the wind, I stuck to loops around the village.

The was still wind here, but at least I got some shelter from it. The biggest issue is that running into a strong headwind requires significantly more effort, and that in turn raises my heart rate. As it happens, my heart rate was still over the limit for majority of the run, but the choice was either walking or just getting it done. I only had a small window of opportunity anyway as I was due to talk to my partner later this evening.

The village loops are a handy distance at just under 6km, and 3 loops made a relatively nice (and slightly windswept) 17km.

It was just around various housing estates, which all look much the same so I didn't bother taking many pictures and in the end just got it done.

I finished the 3rd loop as it was getting dark, and not a moment too soon as about 10 minutes later the heavens opened, so I guess the luck is on my side for once!

Also worth mentioning an update on my distance running goal. I originally aimed for 2023km in 2023, but I've missed that due to injury. I then had a more realistic goal of 1500km, and I've been playing catchup to reach it. As of this evenings run I've now moved ahead of the plan to reach that goal.

Whoop whoop!

With 10 weeks left of the year to run 300km, that works out at a required target of 30km per week to reach the target. And as I'm currently averaging a weekly distance of 50-60km, thats going to be pretty easy.

If I wanted to reach the 2023 target then that would require 80km per week, I'm just not ready for that yet!

It does make me wonder what I could've achieved if the injury never happened... but I guess I'll never know now. All I can do is keep training and pushing and see where I end up.

Another run done, and another pleasent evening spent catching up with my partner. Tomorrow I'm back in the office, and will have a little recovery run tomorrow evening. Then a rest day on Friday before the standard long run on Saturday.

I'm still not sure where I'm going on saturday yet, or even how far I want to go for this time. Perhaps its best to aim for a distance for and then I can work out where to go haha!

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https://www.strava.com/activities/10062553484

About the Athlete: Living in the UK, I am an intermittent Runner, but always striving for more consistency. When I'm not training I can be found photographing insects or listening to really loud angry music (which is the best type of music obviously!)

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