Running or Training?

So, what's on the cards for you this weekend? Are you out training for the VLM? I think that I could run the Virtual alternative. Hats off to all those people who have put in so many miles to achieve whatever goal they have set themselves!
You could have a go at the popular Park Run in Barnsley or any of the nearby venues. Quite a few PFR &AC members are trying to post a time before the championship closing date, which is ... 27th April I think.


 
For the fell lovers amongst you, there is the Ian Roberts Fell Race. About 10k in distance, this is a very enjoyable mixture of terrain, ascents and decent descents! Apart from the last one that is, I remember cursing the last time I did it. From a fairly easy run at the side of the golf course, it now goes back onto the moor and then through lots of tussocky grass and slippy slopes. You WILL fall at LEAST once. Brilliant scran afterwards and always a warm welcome. No muddy boots inside though.




You might be off to Retford for a quick 13.1 miles OR be totally stupid and have a bash at a hilly 20 miles in the Spen 20! With no long distance training to speak of, I think that I'll be going into the zone and imagining I'm running up to the windmills and back, TWICE! Last time I ran it in 2010, I had to walk for some of the last couple of miles. Finished in 2:32:13 I'd be happy with that on Sunday but I think it might be nearer 2:45
Whatever you do this weekend, enjoy it, take photos wherever possible and let us know how you went on.