Phoenix Fridays, Summer Fun Friday, Marathon, 07.06.2024
A full chat-athon on the Blue Bridge route with Sarah.
A lovely sunny day for a nice run, where a wide range a chat topics were covered off. Work angst. The calorie content of 2L of Baileys. Crop tops. Etc.
Lovely smelling, freshly laundered wrist bands. Into The Dirty Box! Cakes. Happy Birthday Eddie! Fresh shrimps and pretzels. Refreshing lemon squash. Dora the Explorer on the aid station. Dimitri out for the first 3 laps, enjoying the sunshine. Towpath maintenance underway ahead of the regatta tomorrow.
Sore feet for Sarah and me....time for new trainers! I really should start taking a closer interest in monitoring how many miles my trainers do, rather than waiting for their holes, and my blisters, to get too big to bear.
Thanks Rik and Team Phoenix!
Girls on Tour, South Downs Way Overnight 56.5 miles, 08.06.2024
New shoes (trainers) for a girls night out (on the trails).
Caught the train from Victoria to a very dodgy looking destination....
Started off with tea and cake at The Riverside Tea Rooms.
Set off about 4pm for 56.5 miles to Eastbourne, for final destination - BREAKFAST.....
...along the way, having dinner with a view...
....sundown cocktails (with some inquisitive cows, and followed by a trip through a film set, and some spirited rounds of "A-Z of" and "in my rucksack I have")....
...and pre-breakfast, on the way to the Seven Sisters.
Wildlife highlights included "Sunrise over cows"...
..."bear encounter practice" ahead of upcoming Canada trip...
....a barn owl swooping overhead (and the rarer, wooden owl)....
...lots of pigs....
....and a white horse....
And, in botany class (trying to get better at this)....a heath spotted-orchid.
Getting to the Seven Sisters in the early morning was magical.
Happened to do this on the same day as the Centurion SDW 100, which I didn't realise until just before. So lots of company, and inspiring as always to see people in the last half of a hundred miles digging deep and getting it done - well done to all! I've never done a Centurion event yet, but it seemed really friendly and well organised with great support.
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