This run was planned for the following day (giving me a week off since my last run) but at 6pm it turned out it had to be today (otherwise I'd have to wait until Friday) so I wasn't really pysched up for it. I intended to do 9 miles and set off at a reasonable pace, but straight away felt slow and tried. I was wearing my camelback with 1 litre of water and some jellybabies as usual for longer runs.
After a few miles my paces was just over 7:30 but I really wasnt feeling great, had the odd stitch (from eating/drinking while running?) and just felt slow, but I plodded on, taking random roads with a vague plan of where I was going. The weather was warm and very humid, almost raining, so I was sweating a lot. I felt better during the middle of the run but never felt fast.
After the run my ankles were sore, I suspect mostly from racing down the steep end of Hollybush road for the last half mile of the run. My dodgy toe nail was hurting too.