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The Canalathon I entered this after I had entered another ultra to use it as a training run. I was also planning to run it solo this time round, as I was the other ultra. Work hours, poor training and low self esteem lead me to reconsider my decision to do the other ultra, and the decision to defer was made by not getting the annual leave I needed to take part and to recover. I was going to withdraw from the canalathon too after some personal upset. However the fact that I'd done it once and could do it again maybe better deterred me from polling out. That and that I'd lose my entry fee! The bling looked nice too :) I tweeted for some back of the pack runners I could hang with for the duration or all of the run. I was tweeted back that I could run with a couple.  It was a very early start Sunday morning as the clocks had gone forward. Up in the dark once again and on my way to Manchester to register for 7:30 am. I messaged my number to the runners I was meet...

I had seen this local event, Wolf Pack Challenges The Jackals 10k and Half Marathon held at Sunnyhurst Wood and the Jubilee Tower the year before but hadn't entered. I can't remember why ... Weekends, I have to work every other. Location, it's local if you drive. Location, it's up a big bloody hill. Confidence, I don't have much when it comes to tough running events. Also when I first came to L ancashire I went for a walk up to Darwin Tower. Once ... The first time I went to the tower I saw it again for this year and it was my weekend off! So first issue solved. I asked if anyone local was travelling to and from that I could get a lift with. A running friend [Lee] was doing the half as marathon a training run and said I could have a lift with him. So two out of four solved . M an up!! I entered. I was at this point running the 10k alone. Then a new friend that I was going to the Cartmel 10k with asked what I was doing on that date, as her partner ...

Why is it so muddy? My trainer's stuck! These were new trainers :( How will I get them clean? Where the **** am I! Is that the way I came? Am I on course?  I think I'm lost ... Why is it up hill? It's still going up hill ... When will I reach the top? Look at the view!   What's that noise ... Snake? Bear? [you never know] Cows!   I need a wee. Is that bush bushy enough?  Brambles!  Ouch :( How long have I been running? Only 2 miles done! Where's the finish line? Was I drunk when I entered this? Yay the finish! Same again next year?