It’s been a long time coming this year, on account of the sporadic runs, but it finally happened this morning… the longs came off and the legs came out!
Not that it was overly warm… it was more a case that we’re almost at the end of April and it wasn’t overly cold!
The short local loop that I chose had almost no wet mud which, in comparison to last time, was a real blessing. As a gardener this is not great, since the garden is also dry, but at least it saved me the task of cleaning my runners! Only in one place was the way blocked and since I’d left my gung-ho mud-plugging head at home, I minced around the margins like a fair-weather runner!
You can see the route on Strava and you might notice that I ran a lot faster than the 4 previous times I’ve taken this route on there (though still slow by comparison to ‘the good old days’! I’m sure this has more to do with the hard surface than my fitness, although I did sprint down the road at the end… there is a short stretch that other Strava users run along and I’ve now managed to get into 2nd place!
I reckon that the people who live along the road were quite grateful for me whizzing past quickly… my white legs are probably not the most appealing sight to behold!
6 miles in 56 minutes 10 seconds…
