It's my Birthday and I'll run if I want to

Well I'm 29 today and I celebrated with a 14 mile run.

Mad?

Yes, probably.

That was the hardest run I have ever had, it's certainly the longest time I've ever run for before but I felt suprisingly energetic afterwards.

I had a lovely birthday tea thrown by the other half's parents - complete with cake. However I was so dehydrated from the run as the weather was REALLY sunny that I could only drink water - it took 2 pints before I felt right again!

Next week sees a wee dip in the mileage as I run anything between 5 miles and a half marathon at race pace. Unfortuantely there are no real races on locally so I will have to pick a course and run as fast as I can, I favour a 10K course as this gives me a comparable achivement as I've completed 5 10k races over the past 2 years with times from 59 mins to 1 hour 4mins.