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+Title: 13th-19th January Run notes
+Tags: running
+
+## Tuesday
+
+It's warmed up and the snow and frost has pretty much all melted. A real contrast to last week as I make my way on
+my slightly shorter route to Robin Hood via the greenway. Clear paths and streets bring back the hustle and bustle but 
+I can take it all in on this short pootle.
+
+## Sunday
+
+Race day. This week hasn't been the ideal race prep, my run on Tuesday was fine but my left leg didn't feel right 
+on Wednesday when walking around and I've been overly aware of it for the rest of the week. It didn't feel like my injury
+from last year but more sensations of tightness I've felt around the leg whilst recovering. I thought I was past all this
+but apparently not. I decided to skip a run on Thursday and made the poor decision of going for a walk in a bad sock-shoe
+combination. This gave me a rather nice pair of blisters on each heel which compounded my race anxieties. So by Friday I 
+was rather morose about the race, feeling worried I wouldn't be able to actually make it all the way round through some
+combination of leg issue or blisters. 
+After a week of watching the fantastic daily updates from the [Winter Spine](https://www.youtube.com/@SpineRace/videos) 
+and tracking those dots I gave myself a real talking too. Getting into my running stuff this morning my issues seemed to 
+lighten, it was like stepping into a new skin. I made it down to York racecourse in good time and did my warm-up, that felt
+good, maybe this whole thing wasn't going to be so bad after all. And it wasn't, after the squeeze of the start I found
+some space and my rhythm, and it was all pretty great. The course for Brass Monkey is pretty flat so I was able to hold
+a nice consistent pace, having something to eat about 40 minutes in and managing my own water rather than trying to pick 
+up the cups. I didn't really notice my leg which helped and mostly just battled the focus to keep my pace going. By the 
+last 500m I had a little left to give it a final burst to the finish and ended with a PB time which feels excellent. A
+bit of a wild week in my head but not too bad all in all. A big thanks to the organisers of [Brass Monkey](https://www.yorkknavesmireharriers.co.uk/brass-monkey/)
+for a superbly organised event!