National pie week

Billed as a "Traditional Yorkshire pasty" and a very decent accompaniment to a half gallon of local ale last night in the Swan

Elvis and I

One of us appears to be wearing heavy stage make-up while the other is showing the effect of spending much of the previous weekend out in the Dales watching the Tour de France, plus a week back out walking and running on the hill

Elvis

Update

I'm still running every day and did my 55th consecutive run today. Life is very hectic at the moment with our wedding to plan. We've settled on the Satuday of May Day Bank Holiday weekend (May 3) next year and have actually made a huge amount of progress with the church, fell race(!), reception etc already booked or organised

Stef is away this weekend and I am going to the Swan beer festival tonight and meeting my old pals Dave and Sara tomorrow evening for a Strictly Come Dancing night. A run up Dave's local hill (Pin Haw) is planned in the afternoon and I hope the weather is better than it was earlier tonight when I got half drowned on my Friday evening 'saver'. A saver is a short run done to 'save' the streak and everyone has their own rules as to what constitutes a minimum run; typically a mile or 15 minutes etc. My rule is if I get my kit on and stay out long enough to break sweat then it's very much game still on

Lazy days

Our failed Lakeland 100 attempt really took out of me. I've found recovery hard and have only run twice since. A fair proportion of the skin came off the ball of both of my feet last week and I've lost a couple of toe-nails. Last Tuesday night I ran around six miles with PetShopPete and a few other club-mates from the Swan in the village and on Tuesday night it was over to Embsay for a similar distance (albeit a bit quicker) from the Elm Tree. Several times in the last ten days or so I've said I'll get up in the morning and have a run out from home, but it just isn't happening at the moment. There's another social run from the Swan tomorrow night and I might do that; we'll see

Stef is very busy with work at present and if anything came out of the hundred in even worse shape than me. Her knee swelled up and is only just retreating back and her feet were at least as bad as mine, although she employed a 'pick the dead skin off a bit at a time' strategy, rather than my let time take it's toll approach. We have very few running plans for the rest of the year apart from Stef doing the Rab MM. Probably the biggest thing in our diary, apart from an upcoming holiday, is the Bob Graham dinner in early October, which we're both really looking forward to!

Beacon headtorcher

It was full moon last night, which as usual, meant a cold and cloudy evening. This didn't however stop six intrepid KCAC stalwarts running up the Beacon with headtorches then visiting the Swan for vital refreshment. I felt strong on the climb; I'm convinced the streak around Christmas plus the fact I'm the lightest I've been consistently for many years is helping. York brewery Guzzler was taken at the Swan along with various assorted bar-snacks. A good evening and great to feel a sense of doing something normal after a difficult month or so