A number of things went wrong today! I was supposed to run this morning, when it was forecast to be cold but dry. Plans scuppered by other half who woke up with a streaming cold and needed me to act as Santa (driving Christmas presents to her planned lunch meet up with her mates!). The things I do!
So, the morning slipped seamlessly into afternoon and I found myself looking at rain pouring down the windows and the light starting to fade. Enter Mummycav and her post which featured the toughness of we runners and the fact that we would never be put off by a drop of rain.....so I had to go! The rain got steadily worse, I was splashing through puddles which, despite the torch, I couldn't see because my varifocals had steamed up! No artificial light in the woods. I encountered one chap who seemed surprised by my appearance and said that he thought that he was about to be mugged! I said "I am 67"; he trumped that with 70! We parted on good terms though. Funny people about!
The rain just got heavier and heavier, but I had to plod on and finish my 14k..it is in the plan so had to be done!! The pace turned out to be 7:14/km, which wasn't too bad for me. No pace management involved; I couldn't read my watch. I only knew I had finished because of the extra long watch buzz at the end of the run.
I seem to have run 29k this week.....may have misread the plan! Need to get my act together!
Fun though! 😊
