My first Tarpley 20, and my first official 20mile event... so I suppose that sets my PB! Well, happy with that. In fact it is a PB regardless as I haven't quite managed this pace in a solo run of that distance either. A lovely, lovely event... perfect day (bit warm if anything), got very thirsty as a result. But utterly loved this run. Low key and friendly but superbly organised. Could certainly feel the 30K from the weekend before, but no particular issues other than tiring (which is the idea I guess). Top day.

Entering this a few days later but I remember quite enjoying this little run... the aim was to ensure that if I do 10 the next day I can make my 125m target for the month. 3:3 breathing but with a bit of speed too. 4.5m doesn't seem too far to be daunting so it was easy. Noticed that I not suffering the general tightness in the lower legs that plagued me so much on occasion this time last year, which is great.

Noticed quite a pain in my right calf when going to the post office at lunchtime. Unfortunately this was pretty bad on this run, and feeling generally very tired. I did keep the breathing at 3:3 but it was hard work this run. Pleased though to have made my total for Feb - 125 miles - highest mileage month! Let's hope it was worth it. Just entered my mile splits - good marks for consistency!

Cambridge parkrun with P - bit concerned about the calf but just can't resist a parkrun, and thought it might help... not sure that it did at all. Still felt better in other ways after this run.

Cambridge half-marathon once again. A bit of a mixed bag this one really, but overall positive by the end I think. Wasn't really in the right place for it mentally.. extremely tired and feeling huge fatigue from the past month, plus the right calf niggle was concerning me and playing up. Upon starting I soon realised that even a 2h time was going to be asking too much, and was worried whether I should even be running at all, dreading making the calf much worse. I had put iboprofen gel on it beforehand, not something I'd ever used before yesterday. At about 2.5 miles J caught up with me, so she'd obviously been running much faster and seemed to be wanting to run on faster. But in the end we ran most of the way together which was really nice and a big help. We settled into a steady pace which for me was maintaining if not slightly increasing the pace I'd set off at - overall 09:17 or 09:15 on the Garmin. The calf pain eased at about 8 miles or so, and thankfully writing this a few hours later after some good pasta-refuelling at C's, it's still feeling pretty good. A lot better than yesterday anyway. It was a bit drizzly but not cold, although the wind really got up as we finished so soon got cold afterwards. P gave me a lift home and a hot bath later I was feeling quite good. Slowest ever Cambridge half, but not the worst... that was 2014!!

Cambridge parkrun - a bit of a wet and muddy one and hard to get going at first (and to keep up with P who had a flying first lap!)... but really enjoyed it and pacing P to a PB in the end. Feel great after the 23 miler on Thurs too.
Was a bit quicker on the Garmin: 27:32. 174 spm.

Shortest warm up ever, but seemed to be enough to warm up the calf which was only painful for the first 30 seconds! Feeling the fatigue from Thursday and struggled to get moving, but no more than expected. P was looking speedy even at this point...