Building it up

So, a solid week.  Last weekends 9 and a half miler left me with a bit of knee pain but not so much that it i needed to take a week off.  Managed a few bigish days with over 7 miles in and a run/walk yesterday of 8 and a half.

The plan was to try and be ready for a 16 miler in early september on route to the 30 miler in October.  AM not sure how much i'm feeling that plan now as looking at the route profile over half of the 16 miler is on asphalt and while i'm pretty sure i can tough that out if needs be, am not sure what it'll do to me joints afterwards.

All my miles this week were in the hills around Pontypridd, there were some pretty good views on offer.

Also got  to see some strange sites.  Fair play to Archie ( he's a collie / German shepherd cross ) he's not fazed my much.  He showed no interest in dropping his stick and playing with the 2 dead moles on yesterdays run, and as for the little fella below, Archie just wanted to make friends.  And yes, that horse really is less than 3 three feet tall. :o)

Have a busy week ahead of me this week, so will again be looking to fit in a couple of evening outings, hopefully of a decent length and then a big one next Sunday evening.