91.48 Miles
10,856ft
119ft/mile
15 runs
My biggest monthly mileage since January 2014 , and 10 miles further than January & February this year combined!
I've basically felt really good, and really enjoying the running! The 1-3 nights a week running with work have been a huge boost, hitting round 6-7 miles and 1400ft ascent each time, and as they are all faster than me i've really been trying to push myself a little bit more.
I re-introduced speed sessions this month too, 1mile warm up, 4x400m sprints with 400m recovery then a 1mile cool down, nothing spectacular but it's a start!
Also reintroduced a bit of distance with 3 9mile runs around Derwentwater (2of which were fasted early morning runs) a 10mile proper fell run with Byron with almost 4,000ft of ascent and a 16miler (longest since Jan 2014) around the bottom of the Ennerdale Valley.
I had hoped to hit the 100mile mark but being under the weather the last few days had me put my health first & not kill myself for the sake of 9 miles!
The plan had been to join work colleagues this Sunday on a 50k run (with the option to bail half way) on a loop of Borrowdale & Newlands Valley, but i'll be content with a few miles with my visiting Nephew, and a chilled afternoon watching the wrestling!
No big plans for April, would like to head back down to Ennerdale for another 16mile long run as i rebuild fitness, and do more speedwork, and hopefully with light nights now i'll be able improve on the work night fell runs and recovery runs! Weather & health allowing i would like to get back on the Bob Graham sections too!
Happy running folks!
