dannewton just finished a 24.39km run, that lasted for 189 minutes.
This run helped dannewton burn 1977.0 calories.
Description from Strava: Well its the weekend again, and time for the 'long run' of the week.
But that wasn't my only task today, I also needed to head to the post office to post some important items, and I also needed to pop into town to pick up the fruit spread that I had ordered and was told they couldn't get it.
I then got a phone call last week saying it was ready to collect, so don't quite know what happened there.
Could I include both of those errands as part of my run?
That sounded a good idea to me, although due to the times the shops were opening, it meant I was going to have to miss parkrun this weekend.
First job - post those letters.
I knew the Post Office would be open at 9:00 and that it is always busy on a Saturdays morning, so I left the house at 8:55 so that I could get there as sharp as possible.
The first item was some homemade cards that my partner 
The letter was super important, so I've ended up forking out £6.00 on special delivery which guarantee's that the letter would be delivered on Monday, so an unexpected but necessary expense!
The next job was to head into town. As I wasn't doing parkrun this morning, I needed to change my route so I could still do the required mileage for my long run. I was aiming for 21km again (which is the Half Marathon distance) and I decided to pick a route that I did several times at the start of this year. This involves a bit of meandering through Lincoln City Centre, before heading out on to the bypass at the top of town and then heading home.
While meandering through the city I would change the route slightly so I could run past the shop to pick up the fruit spread
Turning of the high street and heading down Dixon street
It was quite quite down here for once, usually this is a busy through road connecting the High Street to Tritton Road, and there are usually queues of traffic!
The weather was lovely out there today: warm with out being uncomfortable, bright, sunny, and a slight breeze too.
At the end of Tritton Road, I crossed over a roundabout to head up over the bridge near Lincoln University. On the left hand side you can see a monument/sculpture thing...
...celebrating the fact that the first Tank was designed and built here in Lincoln (one of Lincolns many claims to fame).
there is an information board explaining this, but the text is too hard to read in the photo
More info can be found on Wikipedia
Brief History lesson over, I continued past the Brayford Pool, which doesn't usually look this green to be honest! It was by this point I realised I had made a slight error.
The shop that sold the fruit spread didn't open until 10am, and with the time being 9:45, I resorted to having to run small loops past the shops while I waited.
I did randomly bump into my parents who were in town shopping, so that was nice to spend a few minutes catching up. They did spend the whole conversation asking how Dawn was getting on at university...
Brief catchup over, I left them to carry on shopping, and I headed over to the Greens Health Food shop to finally pick up the items I'd ordered.
Regular readers will know the ongoing saga of trying to order the Fruit Spread for my partner... with the shop out of stock, and trying to order it in for me. They then told me they couldn't as they could only find it in packs of 12, so I resorted to spending a fortune on amazon for 2 tubs.
And then I received a call stating they were ready to be picked, so I now have a total of 5 tubs of fruit spread... could thing they've got a long shelf life of over 2 years! Its gonna take Dawn that long to work through them haha!
With items packed securely into my backpack, I was free to finally carry on and complete the run.
I headed out towards Monks Road, which takes me on to Greetwell road, I saw this lovely Red Admiral butterfly enjoying the sunshine:
Red Admiral
At this point I decide I was rather peckish, so helped myself to a random protein flapjack bar I'd picked up alongside my fruit spread...
It was meant to give me a little energy boost, but I didn't really notice anything. It was super tasty though, so I guess that is the main thing!
I then headed along Wragby Road, which took me out of town to eventually join on to the path that runs alongside the bypass
It was starting to get warm by this point, and I had nearly drunk all the water I was carrying. I only had 500ml, perhaps I could do with more on the next long run...
Then it was just a few easy kilometers before I made it home. The total time was over 3 hours, but at least 25 minutes of that was stood around in the post office and the shop and while talking to parents, so the time wasn't too bad.
I do feel the benefits of taking it easier last week though, and I'm no ready to increase the mileage again
Oh and here is the Fruit Spread I've taken so much time in trying to sort:
Although I've only just realized that it's a different brand. The Sunwheel band is what I've bought before, the Suma ones are todays. I assume they will taste the same... its the same ingredients resulting in the same thick black gunk inside. They even have the same colour lids!
I'm sure it'll be fine!
Anyway, time to rest up this afternoon and take it easy. Tomorrow will be a short recovery run, along with some boring chores that need sorting, and then that's my weekend over again... just goes so quickly!
If you would like to check out this activity on strava you can see it here:
https://www.strava.com/activities/9903810812
About the Athlete: Living in the UK, I am an intermittent Runner, but always striving for more consistency. When I'm not training I can be found photographing insects or listening to really loud angry music (which is the best type of music obviously!)
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