Tales of Trails, Mountains and Rocky Roads

The run streak continues, except now I am half way through the Advent Run Streak, and so far so good. I'd be lying if I said every run has seen me feeling absolutely fantastic - in fact, last Wednesday's tempo run was awful, and I hated every minute of it! Things started off pretty well on Monday with just a nice and easy 6km. Mondays are usually a rest day for me, but given I would be running slowly and it was only a short run compared to my normal distance, I actually quite enjoyed it. The Advent challenge set by Sinister Sports for that particular day was to play our favourite Christmas song whilst out on our run. I don't tend to listen to music when I'm running as I like to absorb my surroundings, but when I arrived home, I did opt for "The Christmas Present" album by Robbie Williams, and with a mix of old and new Christmassy songs, it certainly put in the festive mood :) Things got moved around a bit this week when it came to speedwork, and my usual Tuesd...

This past week has been all about Runukkah, which if you've been following along in recent weeks, you will know it's the virtual event organised by Sinister Sports. Comprising of an eight day running streak in recognition of the Jewish festival of light, otherwise known as Hanukhah, I chose the longer distances for the week which started with the 3km last Sunday and increased in distance each day by 3km, finishing with 24km today. My usual mileage for a week is around about 80km or 50 miles unless I am racing but taking part in Runukkah would mean around 108km for the week, or around 67 miles. Yes I'm an ultra runner and I have raced much further than this, but I have to say that running for 8 consecutive days without a rest day, and with the distance increasing each day, I have found it quite the challenge! Things weren't too bad earlier in the week - a 6km run on Monday followed by a 9km on Tuesday wasn't too bad at all as I would typically run further than that s...