Trooping some colour...

11th June

Dropped the kids off at school and then set off on a long one. From East Dulwich up to Victoria, then round Hyde Park, along the Mall where I saw them changing the guard, or trooping the colour or whatever that thing with all the fancy horses is.

From there along the Strand, then all the way along the river past Canary Wharf to the Isle of Dogs, under the river at Greenwich, back up along the river to Surrey Quays and then back to East Dulwich - a solid 40k loop!

Stopped the clock at 3hrs 45mins. Won't pretend it wasn't tough - from 35k onwards it was difficult. Hard to believe that earlier this year I went 2k further in 20mins less! But, on the plus side I did a better job than last week of managing hydration and nutrition - taking on much more of both and upping the salt level - so I didn't suffer too much.

As I type this now I feel back to normal - maybe just a little heat in the knees! Might take tomorrow off though unless I'm feeling restless. Tom and I planning a 4:1 run:walk ratio marathon on Thursday - so potentially an opportunity to go over 40k twice in three days... we'll see...!