Yesterday I headed out to meet up with my marathon friends, unfortunately the other Kat wasn't able to make it so it was just me and Kate. The original plan was that we would walk about 13.5 miles but when I looked at bus times to get to their work to meet them for the walk, it was going to be quicker for me to walk there instead. This decision should have added 3 miles to my walk, however in my rush to leave the house I checked the route online and forgot to tell google which enterance to the park I wanted to go to and as such, my 3 mile walk became 4.
The route we chose for the evening was really nice and for the most part, kept us sheltered from the wind. We headed down to Leith where we joined on to the Water of Leith, following its course as far as the visitor centre at Slateford where we tackled the stairs of doom, up on to the canal.
I was very impressed with our walk, we kept a good pace throughout and made really good time. I don't have the speed stats handy but we were making an average moving pace of around 4.8mph!
I'm a little achey now and I've bruised my toenails as I have a genetic deformity that causes a couple of toes to curl over so I end up walking on the tip/nail when I walk fast but other than thatI'm feeling pretty good. I haven't been back through my posts from last time but I'm pretty sure I've done more training so as long as I remember to drink lots I should be fine on the night!
Total distance: 17 miles
Next session: Bra decorating on Tuesday followed by the big 20 miler on Thursday.
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