out to St. Mary's Bay

I made up the long walk that I was meant to do on H's birthday by tacking 13 miles out to St. Mary's Bay and back again. The weather was dreary, rained a bit and I actually felt humidity for the first time in years. Oddly enough, the stickiness was a welcome change and made me a bit homesick.

The walk felt really really long and slow even tho it wasn't (I clocked 4.8mph). It seemed miles longer than the 15 miles I put in a few weeks ago. Maybe it was the weather or my training break but I wasn't feeling it today. I wonder that I've just hit a mental block in the training as its all seeming rather redundant instead of offering me a bit of relaxed silent time.

Today's Radio 4 was mostly about Frank Lloyd Wright and it made me wonder what he'd think of Centre Parcs. It is open plan after all and the new decor does focus on bringing the outside in. I really need a life if I'm contemplating Centre Parcs when we're not there or even planning on going there any time soon!!

Other than that, I just kept thinking about how much I wanted the walk to be over with. Its definitely time to vary the routes as I'm boring myself silly. Thank goodness I've got a new Garmin this afternoon so I can set the direction if I change my mind on the next trip out! (and I'll get to start tracking my 'steps' again!!!!)

13 miles - 2:44:20

to assuage my worries about not getting the miles in, i totalled what i had walked and compared it to what i should have done by now and i'm up 14.63 even after missing a week- awesome.

139.63 miles completed so far!!!