Using up this years annual leave I find myself with a few days off yay 😀
Rest and relaxation and lots of water are on the menu, woke this morning tired so oh how lovely we stayed put drank tea in bed went back to sleep, woke again ate brunch and went back to sleep
Around lunch time we started to discuss a walk and where we would go,
“Lancing Ring, Cissbury Ring or Chanctonbury ring?” I asked Willow said he’d never heard of the last one, so off we went
When we parked Willow looked upwards and said a word I can’t write here so off we walked, upwards and upwards, got a little lost so there was a bit upping and downing when we ran out of track and it was too steep
Kept going and there it was, a clump of trees on top of the world 🌍
Beautiful, listening to birdsong and glimpsing many different birds, we stopped to watch 3 buzzards above
We had walked up, round the ring of beech trees, commented on how hazy it is looking across the South Downs and started down again where we just couldn’t help ourselves and ran, because of the steepness and trees, roots, slipperiness of damp chalk and stones we took Japanese slow running to its limit and before long were wearing the biggest grins
Back at the car and we’d covered 5.91k
Tomorrow is run day so probably be a very slow plod somewhere very flat
Happy running everyone
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Thanks Dexy it’s been beautiful and it’s great to be off, i worked a 12 hour shift yesterday just to finish work so i could take some time away and be home hopefully will get out every day and cover 5k plus either running or walking
I think there’s rain coming but we’ve had a good run of sunny days
We are terrified of tripping over and having to carry the other back to the car but just can’t resist lol
That sounds absolutely glorious Sola. What a view from the top. It’s given me a hankering to head on up to the top of The Downs too. The weather really was wonderful today. It’s left me with a very rosy face after my long dog walk this morning and afternoon spent working in the garden. I’m quite sure you are both rosy-faced too 😊☀️
Yeah we are nuts to run down and we’re very careful, but it’s made us realise we need to go up hills at least once a week, it’ll give us more muscles to run further
Ha ha, in the beginning we decided to walk to the downs, 15 minutes then a steep uphill narrow lane then onto the downs and blow me loads of people had the same idea so we ran home lol but we enjoy walking the steep hills and love running back down
What a lovely day you have had! A lovely lie in and a wonderful walk in the sunshine to a new place, followed by a nice downhill run. It looks beautiful there.
I was half expecting you to say you embraced your inner 6 year old and rolyploy-ed down that grassy hill 😁
I wanted to go down the grassy bank and may have rolled down but it disappeared and was really steep and my sensible Willow said looking forward to retirement in a wheelchair wouldn’t be much fun, I forget because he’s a bit of a hippy how sensible sometimes
I thought my boss hadn’t approved my leave and she was off last week so it’s a nice surprise to compromise and have 3 days and then a couple more first week in April
Yes it is, we have been trying different places even if not so much running happens because the seafront and parks are full of people not meeting their friends
Many years ago my sister stayed and did a circular run around the downs i walked to the top of the hill to meet her and ran back down with her, it was great but when i got up the next morning my quads hurt so much i had to hang onto something to sit down, first time we climbed the same hill and ran down I remembered that then was amazed there was no pain next day, just goes to show all this running and daily squats has made a huge difference and I’m about 20 years older too
Haha I know that feeling well, my first run after coming back from my injury, the next day was brutal! Couldn’t get down the stairs or sit down! It’s amazing how quickly the conditioning comes back though.
When lockdown is over I’d like to have a go at that hill. I can’t wait to get out to some new places.
Yes, it’s a good hill steep but not as long as Box Hill which is too far away, hopefully by summer we will be able to travel as far as we want in this country at least
Oh how lovely to have some days off. I definitely approve of the lazy morning 🛌 😴 I love those! The walk sounds challenging but worth it at the top 🌳 🌳.
Happy running day too. Enjoy the rest of your break 😊
What a fabulous view Sola! A steep path up but definitely worth it! Enjoy your run today and your few days off - I reckon you deserve them after all you’ve done in the last year!
Thank you so much, it was amazing and we’d never been up for here before
I really did enjoy my run today and Willow enjoyed a shorter run and sit in car, his knee is a little delicate but nothing a bit of rest and stretch won’t cure
Funnily enough I nearly did Lancing Ring on Sunday.
Where did you start? My Canicross friends introduced me to DEMON start to a route to Chanctonbury Ring at the beginning of last year. It’s practically vertical 🥵
My boss went on holiday the week before and hadn’t authorised my leave, we discussed it on monday and I got a lecture about having a lot left, it’s been a weird year so she said have these three days off and a couple more days off first week in April so it was a lovely surprise
I’m determined to run or walk at least 5k every day i’m not at work
I am OK finding it difficult being back at work with the fatigue but doing my best. Missing running had started making a few steps back but on Sunday had some chest tightness. It did feel cold and I think I was just too fatigued from working the day before but will keep on with the walking. X
Rest, getting back to work will take it out of you, get as much sleep as you can for a while and keep the walks short, your work is full on and you need to be kind to you xx
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