tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5543974619833686457.post-64380943876893307002008-04-01T12:44:00.000-07:002008-04-01T13:01:08.564-07:00I was out on a 2 hour 20 minute run yesterday. It was mostly off road taking in the race route and some more on top. The race route passes through a couple of miles away along the canal. <br />I haven't done this event since 1999. Since then the route has been changed. I have noticed there is more hard tracks than before. I ran it in the Adidas Swoops. Okay on soft surface, but I felt it afterwards. Going to run it in more cushions shoes.<br />I followed the written plan of the route. Everything went very well until I got to Fairweather Farm area as it forks off into two lanes. I took the left one down to a stream which would lead up to Baildon road. I was soon back on track though. I'm confident that I won't go wrong. I'm looking forward to running it again. I'm going go for the record.<br />It makes a nice change after running London every year from 2000 to 2007. <br />I felt stale in London 2007 after doing two foreign marathons since October 2006.<br /><br />I've got my number's for Rothwell 10k on 20th April, and Sheffield Half marathon a week later. That will be the final race prior to Windermere.<br /><br />I'm going to run a tactfull Windermere. I'm in the Edinburgh marathon the week after.Ian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681062119370306076noreply@blogger.com