Sunday 28th December 

5.9m  - 47 mins 
(2.92 m @ 7.39 p/m, 3m @ 8.28 p/m) 

Unexpectedly Xmas came and went without a run in sight! It was typically over indulgent; enjoying catching up with family, over eating and drinking (particularly succumbing to chocolate and crisps) and with lots of dog-walking. The Wales house was chaotic with 4 adults, 4 children, a dog and assorted drop-in family, but truly festive. Had an excellent long Xmas meal on the foot of the Brecons at the Pen-y-Cae and with the sport on Boxing Day and Saturday, the running was put on a back burner. We watched Swansea vs Villa in the football (which was really sentimental as I used to be a regular at the Vetch as a student, although this was in the away end at the Liberty) and back to the Liberty stadium for the rugby, to see the Ospreys beat the Scarlets.

Anyhow, this was a run not in any training manual! A jog down to my mums, a 1.5 mile walk with her dogs and a run back, in the Welsh sleet and rain. Not so nice, but blew off the cobwebs. Afternoon was stunning though, a long dog walk with Delilah and the family on the beaches at Machnys and Llanelli docks, with the winter sun beating down …..

Prognosis for the week; difficult to assess as this was an additional week to the 16 scheduled so ironically I'll aim to repeat week 3 again next week; albeit with the New Year's festivities

Week 3 (the non-week on the schedule!) - 26 miles  

Delilah ….