SC-Neston run

If yesterday had been an attempt to regain sharpness after the injury, there is also an urgent need to increase the mileage if I am to have any chance at Marathon Eryri. As such, this was an equivocal success: the heel wasn't too bad, but I was aware of it most of the time, unlike yesterday. The idea was to get at least 15 miles in, a shorter northbound version of the full Wirral traverse I did in early 2020 (the 'north' version of the four long compass point runs I occasionally indulge in). It was very hot and humid, which didn't help, and I was already tired through Hawarden to Queensferry. This got worse through the Deeside industrial estate, which is psychologically tough at the best of times. Then came the nicer marshland near Burton but it was a real struggle to the Harp in Little Neston where I called it a day after a little over half marathon distance, badly dehydrated and generally depleted. I then walked the two miles to our meeting point in Neston and we did a picnic walk from Moreton. Only a partial success: minimal heel discomfort but a weird tiredness which may have a range of possible causes.