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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)
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!!!
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!!!
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)

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