On Monday I ran w8r2. It is a lovely circular route from my front door. I did the 5 min walk and then the fun started. I was running through a field used by young cows and that plus all the rain had turned the field into a mud bath, and I found myself literally ankle deep in mud and having not only to run but to jump from one grassy clump to another. After a few minutes I was in another field, no cows this time but crops, and the farmer, bless him, had decided that the footpath was not important and so this time I was running and jumping over tall crops that were hanging over the track. Finally a stretch of good dry track until I turned off into the small wooded area. Here the track was now a swamp and I found myself running with my feet about 2 feet apart, straddling a narrow muddy stream!! On I ploughed, with by now, black rather than white trainers, wet feet, and mud splashed up to my knees. at the end of the woody path is a small meadow, usually occupied by sheep but this year left empty, and therefore with the grass literally up to my shoulders. At this point I just had to walk for a few minutes as I hacked my way through the jungle. Then finally a proper track, wide and dry,and I was able to run again. This lead me back to the lane and a final downhill run back to my house. I ran for the 28 mins apart from the 2 mins in the jungle but the amount of energy I had used getting to that point made up for that, so I am counting it as w8r2 done!!
Yesterday , Wednesday, I did my normal route and it was all quite staightforward so w8 is now complete.
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Have you read the children's book 'We're going on a Bear Hunt'?! Sounds like it inspired that particular run... well done though - I still balk at the idear of hills!
I had a similar encounter when I did W8R2 this morning. I went to go on one of my normal routes which entails running along the local river and canal, only when i got down to the area (having been running for 10 minutes to get there), the river had flooded with all the rain, so i couldn't get anywhere near the meadow or path that runs along the river and canal, so I took back to the streets, only I hadn't really thought about where I was running, and needless to say, my last 5 minutes of the run were mainly uphill, I even managed a bit of a faster pace to get up the hill, so like you unfit, I too say that's W8R2 done! Hopefully the rain will subside and the river too, so normal practice can be resumed on Sunday morning for the final run of W8!!
It was rather fun. Never used a treadmill, mainly because I'm too mean to join a gym when the great outdoors is free!! Cant believe I only have one week left to go. I shall really miss my weekly chats with Laura, yes I talk back to her, especially when she tells me I should be finding it easier now and to quicken my pace, and my legs are like jelly. think I shall just keep listening to week 9 even when I've finished. Can this be me, talking about graduating next week????
Great blog. I think you deserve a medal for keeping going in spite of everything nature could throw at you! You'll be out there in spikes in the snow like Oldgirl in a few months. Well done!
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