The UK is still suffering from a heatwave. We had hoped for some rain on Friday, but it missed our area whilst places a few miles away got some. At least it's a bit cooler in the morning. I didn't manage to get out very early, but it was about 10C cooler than it could be later.
I was inspired to get out by this piece by . He's about the same age as me and if he can tackle an ultra with a bad leg then I can do a quarter marathon in good weather and health. I suggest you read his post and show him some support. This is the sort of post that should really be trending.
I started off on my usual loop, but decided to try and add some extra kilometres. I started up the hill I take on the way to parkrun, but ran out of steam and had to walk up the last bit. Then I headed along the edge of a big field of wheat or similar cereal. You can see there is a lot of that around here, but the lack of rain must have affected the yield. Somewhere around here the Endomondo app decided to stop tracking my run. It may be something to do with me using the camera.
It was a few km later that I realised I was not getting updates from the app and restarted it. This may be my longest run in a while at around 11 or 12km. A few minutes after the restart it said I'd done a km in under 3.5 minutes. I don't believe that. I think the average times are about right, but these spurious splits are annoying and mess up my stats. These are the two parts that did get tracked. Ultimately that doesn't really matter as it's about getting out and running.
Breakfest after the run had some added berries from the garden. I had blackcurrants, blackberries, gooseberries and jostaberries. The strawberries were bought as ours have finished. I needed some ice in my OJ and water to cool me down. It's an opportunity catch up on some news in The Guardian.
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