After a day of unseasonal grass-cutting yesterday, I felt as if I had already done enough exercise for the weekend. Sadly that’s not how this running-blog thing works, so still I had to go out for a run.
The forecast had been for rain (hence the grass cutting yesterday), but there was obviously a change in plan and it was warm (like early October) when I left the house… though the sky was still very dark to the north. Still expecting rain, I had my longs, a hat and a jacket on… all were superfluous and I could easily have run in shorts and a t-shirt. In fact, by the time I got back I was wearing just the t-shirt… the other two layers tied around my waist.
The mud underfoot was much more seasonal (apart from being far from frozen) with some firm going and some squidgy, sploshy, slippery stuff… I was quickly splattered from ankles to neck (including the phone in my hand). It was really lovely out there though, such that I would have stayed longer if I’d had more energy.
As it was, I took the shortest variant of the local loops… according to Strava I completed 6 miles in 60 minutes… an average of, er, 6 mph.
I was going to say that it seems unlikely the grass will need cutting again this year, but having just glanced at the forecast it seems that we are in for at least another couple of weeks of relatively mild (though wet) weather… maybe there is still time for a shorts & t-shirt run before Christmas!
