Marathon dating

So yesterday, what was supposed to be a simple afternoon date of a walk and sunday lunch at a pub turned into 11 (yes eleven!) hours of hanging out, a minor pub crawl, getting takeout in the evening and then watching Manhattan, possibly my all-time favouritest movie ever, and amazingly, CIB had never seen it before. We actually got on really well, for the whole 11 hours. So it was good.

Unfortunately, today I ache really badly. Went to Eastbourne for one half of my running club's endurance training weekend on Saturday. Close to 12 miles of hill running over Beachy Head/Seven Sisters in the morning. Quick lunch. 1 hour of HARD circuit training at gym. Jog back from gym (about 4 miles). More food. Train home. Next day: PAIN. Today: SEVERE PAIN! I can't even stretch out my arms, my poor biceps are so sore, and walking down stairs is tough. I'm just glad I didn't stay and do the 18-mile hilly long run the next day. Kudos to those who did though...

Got me back into the running spirit tough, the whole marathon-quitting thing made me lose my running mojo just ever so slightly. Now I'm ready for more my next running challenge. Marvellous.