Add run notes for week 12 2025

Author: Sparrow0hawk

content/blog/2025-03-23-runnotes.md

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+Title: 17th-23rd March Run notes
+Tags: running
+
+## Tuesday
+
+It's a frosty morning and I'm back in my winter gear after a weekend in shorts and T-shirt. I head onto the footpath 
+to Sissons wood from Thorpe lane and the winter currants are flowering. The smell is intense in the cold air and I take
+a moment to enjoy it. It's a speedplay day and my focus is to keep my efforts consistent and not overdo it on the first 
+rep. With all the best intentions the first rep is a bit too quick although I decide to do it on a tricky spot before 
+getting to the main clearing. Once there I do the rest of my reps in a circuit which works well and the rest of the workout
+feels great. So great I decide to indulge and get some extra ascent into the run with a lap down under the railway tracks
+and back up onto the path.
+
+## Thursday
+
+The sun is out, the sky is blue, it's the perfect morning to be outside. I head to Middleton Park for an easy run with 
+as much ascent/descent as I fancy. I follow the pattern of getting to the Clearings and heading down and back the north side. 
+
+It's Barkley Marathons week and by now it's clear no one will finish all five laps, before I leave there's about 1 hour
+left for someone to finish a fun run. I contrast the beautiful weather this morning with the horrendous weather over in
+Tennessee, my run definitely seems funner. Nonetheless, there is something oddly intriguing about the contest that is the
+Barkley.
+
+## Friday
+
+Whilst not intended as a nod to Barkley these long runs accumulating as much ascent and descent have a slightly mad edge.
+I didn't find any books during the two hours out in Sissons wood but the approach of just veering off trail to follow 
+any track I can find that leads up a slope must look peculiar to the morning dog walkers. Odd as it might appear it's a
+lot of fun and I get to explore the entirety of the woods, the old golf course and meander down to Stank Barn Hall. I 
+manage to get in 600m of ascent and my legs felt happy enough that I could have carried on. I'm just happy I've been 
+able to find a way to get in more ascent given that Eryri 25K is over 1300m over the whole 25K course.
+
+## Sunday
+
+A light drizzle is falling and the morning chill means I go back inside to put some sleeves on. Today is a pace ladder
+drill swapped from Friday due to weekend plans that never actually materialised. I've decided that Middleton Park will
+be alright for this workout but in the end it's probably not as flat as it could have been. I start out from the gate to
+the Rose garden but end up using a slope track down towards the Equestrian centre. I'm trying to keep the pace level
+between these ladders but have ended up doing them across a sloping track so it's harder to judge consistency when some
+reps are uphill and others breezing downhill. It's not a bad morning for it though and on my return loop I pass people
+doing repeats up steps and give them a cheer.