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Another 50-mile Weekend
By Andy | January 9, 2008
I had planned to run with Pat again on Saturday but unfortunately he has fallen victim to one of the circulating bugs, get well soon Pat!
I decided nevertheless to do the same route that I had planned only it seemed a lot harder on my own. Basically I ran cross country from Fordingbridge to Salisbury and back – about 28 miles, a lot of it over hills and through mud. I had been given a weather forecast of no rain so I was somewhat surprised to be battling through wind, rain and even sleet for part of the journey. Even so I enjoyed the route despite feeling very tired at the end.
On Sunday I spent ages looking at maps to find a different but easy to navigate route but in the end went out the back door and kept going without a definite plan. I ended up following the Castleman Trailway from Ringwood through to just South of Wimborne. It was mostly flat and very muddy but as close as I can get to replicating the Thames Valley Path. Despite my reluctance to get out the door I again enjoyed the run and strangely felt less tired than yesterday once I had got going. Total mileage was about 27 miles so I was pleased again to get another 50+ miles down over the weekend and even more pleased to still be running fairly strongly at the end.
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