Not so easy, 4.4 miles

Struggled to get up after a peaceful night's sleep at the Nottingham Belfry. Had planned on a 8 miler but with lethargy ruling I wasted half the time I had. So I went out at just after 7am and struggled around suburbia feeling tired and hungry.

My colleague Mike had taken his bike with him and went flying passed as I ran back to the hotel. Great effort and impressive bit of planning to take all the gear.

Back at the hotel it was time for an enjoyable bit of carb loading without the washing up to do.

4.4miles covered but they weren't much fun. Tomorrow is tempo day and I need to get another good night's sleep or it's going to be very tough.

Nottingham at night, 4.1miles

I started out early heading to Bristol and after a long meeting took a train to Nottingham via Birmingham and Derby. The easy option would've been to have a bit of dinner and an early night. But... I need to keep the mileage up and so I decided on an easy 4miles.

Nottingham is pretty hilly so it was a run of 2 halves. First half downhill, second back up the hill and home. The run was through a residential area which had more external Christmas lights than anywhere this side of the Atlantic.

After the run, 4.1 miles in just over 33mins, it was room service and now an early night. Tomorrow morning I'll probably wake at my usual time and head out for a few more miles before the day's meetings.