The things we do for those we love 🥰🤫 Mrs Wife accepted a lift to work last night as the NHS gave her 2hours notice of a nightshift requirement 🤐.
Home alone with teenagers eeeeek.....
I survived phewee 👍
Mrs Wife duly collected this morning and vegetables purchased from Morrison's....
TAKE NOTE NHS WORKERS ARE GETTING 10% OFF SHOPPING UNTIL MID JULY JUST SHOW YOUR ID BADGE..
And at last we've arrived back home 🥳.
Mrs Wife fed and watered and directed to bed.... Shssssssssss it's run time ahhhhh. Feel free to come along even if only virtually 🏃🏃🏃🏃.
Wales is still shut and everywhere is quiet, though the nesting bluetit in our fir tree didn't get the memo chuffing ek for a little ball of feathers it's loud 🙉 and normally cheeps goodbye as I leave the house laced up.
Come on then...
Down the lane, across the road and not a trail today but a towpath, it's already warming up and the sections of shade and sun work well together. Two of my neighbours part like the red Sea as I approach with a cheery greeting at a safe distance. Then suddenly its just Lil ol me not a soul, not even a duck🧐 where have all the ducks gone..... Onto my favourite section of towpath it's like a lost Jurassic world, with it's ancient bent over trees and the farmland that lets the cattle just dip their toes in the water as the bank is a gradual slope in sections.
No tunnel running today, I'm leaving the towpath and heading for the hills surrounding the national trusts Chirk Castle. The lane is a nice running venue, wide enough for two vehicles and myself. It passes the now defunct golf course, it's being returned to farmland. The lane rises slowly and steadily it's a hill that lures you in. Probably rising gradually over a distance of 2.5k up to the castle entrance and yes it does drain the legs 🥵🥴. I hear myself saying to myself keep on going its not time for a drink yet 5k in, the legs have got 2wind and upwards and onwards more secretly sly cunningly sloping hills. It didn't feel this hilly last time I was out here on my bike 🚴🚴♀️🚴♂️🚵.
I'm glad of my drink bottle at 7.5k quick drink piccie of the castle and could I drag my legs up the next hill hmmmm... Next time, but I will get up it just not today. Today is a turn around and retrace one's steps. It's so nice to hit the hills going down knowing you've ran up them 👍.
The sun's getting warm even at this hour, the shade of the towpath is extremely welcome. I took a water break on a newly crafted bench that the canal volunteers have made where a large tree came down blocking the canal. Slight blip on distance I only intended to go out for an hour doing 10k but I've left myself too far out to walk, so it's plan B carry on running, heading out to the aqueduct, but towpath congestion 😬 it's definitely not wide enough to pass. I'm useless at jogging on the spot, quick chat to a runner getting back into getting herself fit after babies and I decide to head home, making up a route adhoc to total 15k..... Ians little legs are a tad tired hills are evil 🤫 but saying that I feel revitalized for running.....
So go on get yourself out there..... You're running out of excuses not to run, I did 🙂
Keep safe and healthy everyone
Happy running
Turning left ⬅️ on Tuesday
Early morning 4.5k and poor hubby 🤕
Like a kid on Xmas morning
