I went for my first ever 20-mile (32 km) run on Sunday. Seemed like rather hard work at the time (I felt tired to start with), but I finished feeling strong. Two repeats of an out-and-back course along the Water of Leith to Balerno, with about equal splits for each 5-mile leg, totalling about 2:52. I think that's about 3:45 marathon pace, so my 3:30 goal still seems soft... However, I still plan to aim for that as a first attempt on the distance, since I've not been able to get as much training in as planned.

The Water of Leith Visitor Centre was a nice place to finish. I arrived just as they were closing and had a cup of tea and bit of shortbread sitting out at a table in the sun. How civilised. I'm not really feeling any after-effects from the long run, other than the usual early-week lack of cycling legs.

Oh. Yes. Also. The weekend before last, I had a bit of an accident. Bought a Canon EOS 400D Digital SLR. Oops. Turns out I had more funds available than I had accounted for, so I gave in to a rather persistant temptation. Now I just need to start saving for the lenses I have my eye on...

I have taken only a few pictures so far to familiarise myself with the camera. I've been quite busy recently. Hopefully go out and take some more interesting shots soon. Oh yes, dearg bought a Nikon D80 at the same time. So we will probably be heading out for this purpose soon...