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North Downs Ridge 50k Training Block - Week 1/17

A slightly delayed entry for Tuesday night's Worthing Striders training session. There's not a huge amount to report this time around. The club session was advertised in the WhatsApp group as a mixture of increased pace pyramids, relays and meet and retreat. We were meeting at Sea Lane Cafe car park for the warm-up. A bit of variety, a chance to get back to running with the club and, hopefully, an opportunity to get the legs moving again after Sunday's Beachy Head Half Marathon.

I jogged to and from the session, adding around 6km of easy-paced running to the evening. My legs were still a little stiff after the half marathon, which wasn't entirely surprising given how hard the race had been.

A little added bonus was running past this very well themed Halloween house during the meet and retreats!

Yesterday, while travelling up to London, I started to notice some discomfort in my left foot. It's difficult to say much more at this stage, but it's something I'll need to monitor before heading out for another run. The next session on the plan is supposed to be a tempo run, but I'm leaning towards swapping that for a short, easy run instead — assuming the foot feels comfortable enough.