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Long training run
By Andy | January 22, 2008
We drove up to Reading on Saturday to run the first 50 miles of the Thames Meander as a training run. I kept my pack deliberately light as I wanted to use the run for training purposes. Unfortunately due to the weather and the floods the first 20 odd miles were under water. So after going in chest deep a couple of times and wading up impassable riverbanks and back a couple of times I took to the roads until I got to Maidenhead. From there I was able to mainly follow the path to Shepperton and 50 miles. Hopefully the floods will have receded in the next four weeks as finding a different route on the spur of the moment via road was not much fun. However I was pleased with the run and my time.
Got up Sunday and went for a short run on the tracks behind the house. Was very stiff to start with but warmed up after a few miles and felt better and a lot less stiff afterwards. I am an advocate of recovery runs the day after a long run and they usually aid recovery and loosen things up as long as I don’t overdo it. Having said that it is easier said than done when you wake up with stiff legs.
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