20 Miles and a record breaking number of bowel movements

Today was hard.

After last week's 18 miler I decided to stick to the 6 mins run/1 min walk strategy and stock up on bananas for the journey.

I knew it would take a while but not quite as long as it did - 4 hours and 28 minutes later with 3 toilet stops en route.

Now I know that seems excessive but I didn't drink any more than usual AND I went to the loo right before leaving the house but after about 2 miles I desperately needed the loo, so I nipped into the local supermarket which I was running past and used the facilities. Thinking everything would be ok after that I went on my merry way, however another 6 miles on and I needed a pee, off into the bushes I went while the other half kept watch.

I managed to get to 15 miles before I needed to go AGAIN, this time I managed to find some public toilets on the route.

At about the 17-18mile mark my hamstring started to feel tight so I had a slightly longer walking spell but managed to pick it up for the last 2K and ran back into the town.

I was totally bushed when I got back and in a bit of pain, took 2 ibuprofen but after about an hour I was still suffering so I opened a merlot to go with dinner and felt better in minutes. I'm now basking in the post-run bliss of achievement. Apparently if you can make 20 miles you can make the 26.2, I remain dubious about this but I am at least 20 miles down.