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Revenge of the TW!!

So today was a TW training walk and it all seemed very similar!!
Last night I had sorted my bag, this morning I removed wet weather stuff and applied sun block as the sky was blue without a single cloud and the weather man said 0% chance of rain!

The idea was to stick to about 20mm pace and all in all I did that less lunch stop/loo stop etc.

I decided to sling my GPS in my bag in case I got lost so I could track the miles and also to review pace once home to help with planning on the day.

Started off well and within 30mins my last minute addition of a shower jacket was removed. Less than an hour later it was back on. Then off. Then on.

At 11m I was crossing a lovely field ... undulating and recently plowed so lots of lose mud. Ideal time for a down pour! Jacket on! As with TW03 I was in capri legs, running tee and the same shower not rain proof jacket! The mud on the field just clung to my boots and I kept on having to stop to remove it as it was so heavy once about 2" thick!

Once the rain stopped I had lunch and brufen(!) checked the map and toddled on. By this time the legs were tired, I was wet and fed up especially as I was alone. It started to drizzle again.

Across another couple of fields and this pixie had had enough ... I was going home and along the road!

Tired and muddy I stumbled home 5hrs 38 and 16.5m later.

Comments

b-z said…
ah the mud of 2003
the jacuzzis in our shoes
such happy happy memories







(well done ya nutter)
3:35 PM, April 17, 2006
sue said…
Well done you - we are going to have the time of our lives! I am so loking forward to it!


I have just watched your motivation link - I'm now teary, but well motivated!!!
4:07 PM, April 17, 2006
Evil Pixie said…
hehe benz! It seemed so familiar as I was wearing almost identical clothes, same jacket and the weather was the same too! Grr! Should have known!
Most of my mud had been removed before yesterday as I have been using my boots in the garden this year to get my feet used to them again!!

CdK it will be a great giggle!! At one time I was singing "yellow submerine" then "raining men" and thinking "this is gonna be gooooood!" Then it rained!! teehee!

That vid is good isn't it!! See you soon!!!
4:44 PM, April 17, 2006
womble said…
Well done, Pix. It's all good training and on the TW it'll be so much easier with the team entertainment and all ;o)
7:47 PM, April 17, 2006
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