Sticking to one hour runs during the week now, that's long enough before work. I'll just increase the weekend runs by three minutes per week now.
Looked at the outside reading temperature reading on the heating controler before venturing outside at 5h45. Hmmm 0.3°C, that's going to be a bit nippy. Once outside, I find that the temperature doesnt feel that bad, but there is fog, lots of very thick fog. Even with my head torch, I can't see more than about three feet in front of me, and even that looks all blurry. But it's running dat, so, off we go anyway.
The 5 minute wrm up walk is fine, visibilitie is good enough for walking, and my Garmin has no trouble finding his satelite friends while I'm walking despite the fog
As usual I start with stamina podcast, and will finish with a chunk of stepping stone. Laura is telling me about posture as I cross the Route Nationale near the Café de Madame Pompadore as usual. The road is empty it this hour
A short walk along the Route Nationale and then down the little side road to the banks of the Loire. The street lamps havnt come on yet, they stay asleep until 6h00. As Laura tells me to start running I realise that this is going to be tricky. I can't see much in front of me on the ground, and unless I keep close to the wall at the side of me I cant see much around me either. This also means not much sense of the speed I'm running at. I could look at mr Garmin, he'd tell me how quick I'm going, but hey, I know it's slow, so I'll let him keep that information to himself.
Normally I'm well past the set of bollards before the little parking area at the top of the hill when Laura say's "you're half way through this track". This time she tells me this about a minute beore the bollards appear out of the gloom. Then it's downhill, off the grit track and onto tarmac. Not too difficult here as there is a low wall that I can see which follows the ittle road right at its edge. Then turn the corner and climb into Cours sur Loire, then right past the restaurant , out of the village and past the farm. After the farm turn round and head for home just before the road turns sharply and heads back down hill.
At this halfway point it's normall been 26 minutes lately, today it's 29 minutes.
The return journey is fairly uneventful, except where the wall dissapears in places I become rather disoriented, and find myself temporarily lost, aha, a boat, hmm that shouldnt be there, but I recognise it, so I know to head to the right
Finally arrive back at the turning to the little road that head's back up the hill home to ménars. That's 57 minutes according to Mr Garmin. Normally it would be about 48mins and I would carry on along the river towards Blois for 5 minutes then head back again, but not this morning. 3 minutes is enough time to reach the top of the hill and the Route Nationale and turn Mr Garmin off.
A 1 hour run, and only 7.5km. Saturday I did 9.6km in an hour, but it was bright and sunny. Strangely though, despite the fog, and 0.3°C, I don't feel cold
Hopefully Thursday will be clear
Happy Running everyone