It was time for the biggest run to date, the only day in the last two weeks the sun appeared in Jersey, it was like being back in the Caribbean! The first 11 miles were ok and I felt strong and my pace was under 9/mile. I stopped briefly at the 10 mile point to drop my holiday deposit into the travel agent for next year, well the weather has been so depressing that it’s good to look forward to something, in this case a National Geographic dive centre in the Indian ocean.
Anyway home was 3 miles away at this point so I needed a diversion, I diverted badly and started running uphill, which ironically is where I started going downhill. 13.1 miles came up in 1 hour 57 minutes and 57 seconds. But by this time I’d slowed to a crawl, at the 15 mile point I think I hit the wall, or at least a padded version, I broke out in cold sweats then hot shivers, really weird. I finally arrived home 2 hours and 31 minutes, totally spent.
Worryingly the Japanese flag had returned, big style. At the back of a cupboard I found some Sudocrem ideal for babies bottoms or treating minor burns, well this was a full on burn, I have to say it helped. So chatting to a good friend and fellow runner (who will remain anonymous at this point) about this problem, in between bands at Jersey Live festival, she said it was not uncommon. Men with large thighs often the same problem on the tops of their legs, and so from that she concluded I must have a “Fat backside and skinny thighs” and I should slap on some vaseline next time. JEANNIE WARD thanks for your wisdom……….!
Anyway home was 3 miles away at this point so I needed a diversion, I diverted badly and started running uphill, which ironically is where I started going downhill. 13.1 miles came up in 1 hour 57 minutes and 57 seconds. But by this time I’d slowed to a crawl, at the 15 mile point I think I hit the wall, or at least a padded version, I broke out in cold sweats then hot shivers, really weird. I finally arrived home 2 hours and 31 minutes, totally spent.
Worryingly the Japanese flag had returned, big style. At the back of a cupboard I found some Sudocrem ideal for babies bottoms or treating minor burns, well this was a full on burn, I have to say it helped. So chatting to a good friend and fellow runner (who will remain anonymous at this point) about this problem, in between bands at Jersey Live festival, she said it was not uncommon. Men with large thighs often the same problem on the tops of their legs, and so from that she concluded I must have a “Fat backside and skinny thighs” and I should slap on some vaseline next time. JEANNIE WARD thanks for your wisdom……….!
Proof there was a summer in Jersey last week.
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Picture courtesy of Crab cams St Ouen
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