Wednesdays are work-running ‘club’ days. I say club, its not really
but a few people that, if they are around go for a run on Wednesday lunchtimes.
It was the usual fast-running blokes but there was another girl today. She said
she hadn’t run in ages, but looking at her athletic built I guessed she was
under-playing it. And I was right – she still managed to get ahead of me
L It was a sub-zero day today
and we went off-road and headed for the Braid hills. Even though a lot of the
ground was frozen I still managed to stick my foot in a very deep puddle of thick mud. My
new-ish trainers are now well and truly christened. I have had them for a while but they were still rather new and sparkly looking...now they are not. This is AFTER I cleaned them!
This
route is pretty tough, made worse with icey tracks to contend with so it was
good to have other people to keep me from giving up. It eemed to take twice the
effort sliding a backwards every step so trail shoes are definitely on the
shopping list – I do actually want to do a trail race this year, thinking about
doing the Karrimor great trail challenge down in the lake district which looks
like a nice one to start with.
Again,
its nice to do a mid-week run in the daylight – makes such a difference,
although I get back to my desk with bright red face that takes a while to get
back to normal, eliciting ‘comedy’ comments from colleagues.
Stats:
Distance:
4miles
Time:
44mins 34secs
Mud-covered trainer: 1
What a great thing to do, when everyone is wrapped up and reluctant to go out, it's great that a group of you go out and enjoy a daylight run. Hope you don't answer the phone too soon afterwards, could get done for being a heavy breather.
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