Phew, was it a nice change to see blue skies above our corner of Wales today. The rain ohhhhh it's been relentless. A shortish night last night meant bed time at a super 2am π so I set a quiet alarm if I woke, happy days I'll run...
I woke π.
Breakfasted Running gear on new chrimble injinjii toe socks π€, more cushioned than my other pair..... It's a chilly fresh December morning, just the two in one leggings, a base layer ski tee-shirt and a running shirt, definitely, gloves hat and the buff (doubles as a face covering passing walkers π€π). Tweaked the garmin settings after my last huge heart rate run so let's see....
Hmmmm that 1st klm always gets me is it leg excitement grrrr 5.39 slowwww down Ian, sent the memo and it seemed to work a slower 5.56 2nd klm but a faster 3rd π€― klm 4 the legs got the message at last and eased off. The roads are Christmas quiet, entwined with lockdown, it just meeeeee and the sound of my trainers rumbling along. The route dodged the aqueduct and leads to a nice towpath section I like. Mushy definitely mushy, with walkers and rapid mountain bikers, great respect with everyone today, people are getting wise at last π. It's a shorter towpath run as the lane I want arrives after the 3rd bridge dropping down past the mill house, odd dog walkers it's really quite pleasant this running thing π..... Puddles now ok remember the children's s book... We're going on a bear hunt? Ok not a puddle more a lake, infact a trainer covering lake, can't go over can't go around, gotta go through, hmmmm a very squishy run dispersing the water, thankfully the old adrenalines are great like that, and the rest is dry run soggy socks perhaps, over a really wild River Dee, a canoeist dream I'm guessing and home for a really hot cuppa after those stretches and shower.
Happy Running you lot out there, try to get those runs in for Linda's 2020 challenge we're nearly there,