What a lovely day for a marathon. Good luck all you #VLM2013 runners.

Home and showered after a great Maidenhead 10 Mile race. It was lovely and dry and sunny, though still cold. Good watch time too: 1:01:18. Not bad considering the stage I'm at in my marathon training. Next week will be my last 100k+ week before my marathon. Think I may need to start considering an alternate shoe to race in too... the Vibram Seeyas keep giving me blisters between my some of my toes, but not all the time. I'm reluctant to change shoes as I love running in the Seeyas. Might tape my toes for my marathon and then keep my eyes peeled for something just a light and minimal, but without the toe pockets.

Grizedale Duathlon

On Sunday 10 March I took part in my first offroad duathlon, the Grizedale duathlon in the Grizedale Forest in the Lake District, and what an event it was.

Going to The Lakes just before Easter has become a bit of a habit for my wife and me. It's normally a nice time to go as things are starting to get warmer, the signs of spring are starting to appear, all the sheep are starting to lamb and best of all, it's before the school holidays so it's cheaper and quieter. One of the things we always do is go for a walk round Grizedale forest. There are loads of different paths and routes of varying technicality so there's always a walk or two to keep us entertained for a few hours. The last few times we've been we've noticed the remnants of the duathlon that would have taken place on the Sunday we arrived and each time I say that it would be nice to take part. So this year that's precisely what we did. We made sure we went up at the same time as the duathlon, which also happened to coincide with the Hawkshead Brewery spring beer festival, and I entered the duathlon.

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It looks a tad colder at the world cross-country champs in Poland than it was on my long run this morning.

My wife took her first step towards becoming a runner today by buying a pair of Merrell Pace Glove minimalist running shoes.

I got some strange looks on my run today (for my Vibrams) from a man running with a brick in his hands.

Moonboots

Check out these bad boys...

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Lightweight Moonboots?

I thought these were a spoof when I first saw the image, but it appears they're a genuine product and the pair in the picture is trail shoe!?

The technology

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Nothing to report this week other than to say I'm having a well deserved week off running and enjoying a few beers in the Lake district. Back on the tarmac next week.