Run.From.Hell.

Hello! It's been a while, I've been in Munich this week, which was beautiful but also, due to the snow and the position of our hotel, unfortunately run-free. I was looking longingly at the joggers in the Englische Garten, knowing that the next run of my own would be a toughy.

Which brings me nicely to today's run. Unfortunately, when I returned from my holiday, after looking at my training plan, I should have been a little further ahead than I thought, so I decided to remedy that by doing a 10 miler today. BAD IDEA!

I will list all the things that contributed to my hellish run:

• It was too far (or rather I jumped ahead too far in my mileage)
• It was absolutely tipping it down for the first 3 miles, which resulted in me looking like a drowned rat when it stopped raining (I became paranoid that people thought it was just sweat)
• My back started playing up again
• I went the wrong way and had to double back on myself
• I had no sports drink or anything of the sort
• I got cramp in my toe- twice!
• It hailed, yes hailed, for the last mile
• I'd had a glass or two of wine last night
• I saw a dead frog :-(

I keep telling myself that it will build mental strength for the marathon, and actually, despite all of the above, I did have a few lovely moments, mostly due to the awesome playlist I'd put together which included the amazing Jurassic 5. I reminded myself that I was running for the British Heart Foundation in honour of my wonderful Father-in-law as well, which spurred me on to complete the proposed route that I'd set out, instead of throwing in the towel.

Tuesday's little run will seem easy in comparison!