The great thing about the P&D up to 55 mile training plan is that it has two free days a week, leaving some flexibility to do other things with your life!
I made the most of this by doing the UK three peaks challenge last weekend, where you climb the highest mountains of Scotland, England and Wales within 24 hours.
In order to have a weekend off from running I had to do all five runs in the week. This meant that on Thursday morning (the day after the Offerton 10K) I had to plod through 4 miles recovery. Then on Friday morning I had a 12 mile slow run to do before work. This went rather well, finishing with the last 4 miles at under 8 minute / mile pace and the last mile at 7 minute / mile pace.
On Saturday at 5pm we climbed Ben Nevis in 4.5 hours. Then after a 6 hour drive down to Wasdale Head we climbed Scafell Pick in under 4 hours. Then after a 5 hour drive to Snowdon we climbed it in just under 4 hours as well. Challenge completed in 23 and a half hours! The weather was completely awesome with all three peaks being dry and clear.
Today is thankfully a rest day.
Tomorrow I have got to coax my shattered legs into a lactate threshold run. Help!
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