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A sprinkle of Welsh sunshine 🌞

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My little corner of Wales was blessed with glorious sunshine this morning πŸ‘, definitely a reason to want to run πŸ™‚.

Encouraged by sleepy half-term teenagers best I run.

Now I'm definitely not bored of my towpath runs, but I tend to get sucked into the same circular run, I pretty much know when each klm clicks up. So it's time I felt to mix it up. So today I aimed for the hills above the village ( quite a large hill though 😬). So I needed to get some decent distance into my legs, after a nice gentle (trying so hard to keep that pace easy) run along the canal, it's a little busy there today walkers and cyclists. I glad to be escaping into the lanes.

The gentle climb passing the marina is a nice change, and the gradient work is refreshing, I'm reminding myself hills are a brilliant training aid πŸ‘πŸ’ͺ. The road cuts right at the entrance to the national trust castle (Chirk Castle en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi... )

The lane quickly becoming steeper and I'm sure that sun's heating up πŸ”₯, I chose well, A. Bring a drink and B. Dress correctly βœ… perhaps I'm getting the hang of this running stuff πŸ˜†.

The next section was definitely without shame, run/walk/run/walk as the gradient is probably errrr well it's steep the climb from the 5th klm to the 8th was leg burning but definitely rewarding. My feet were glad of the escape into the woods and a softer surface for a while, and it was just an explosion of nature, views and just silence occasionally broken by birdsong and a darting hare I'd disturbed.

I may have gotten lost briefly after hopping a stile, keeping to the field edge, the sheep keeping tabs on me from a distance. I had to detour through a muddy farm yard with the farmers permission, explaining my sense of direction is at best POOR 🀦.

Back on track the lane reaches its highest point, and at the crossroads I'm taking the downward right turn, still harder than running up hill I find but its ok.

Legs appropriately stretched, I'm sensing these longer runs are going to have to be more frequent and probably longer if I'm going to be in tip-top condition for my October date πŸ€“.

But there's many more runs between now and then πŸ‘ practice makes perfect I reckon πŸ™‚

Happy healthy Safe running all you vrb's

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linda9389AdministratorMarathon

Sounds like a lovely, lovely run! You have plenty of time to prepare for and enjoy those longer runs - great to have the Marathon to aim for though. Good luck and enjoy!!!

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Thanks Linda, plenty of time to negotiate a route with hmmm minimal hills πŸ‘

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LottieMW

Oh that sounds like a fabulous run, and a wonderful post... I was almost there with you πŸ˜‰

Aren’t we lucky to have our training hills πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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A Welsh secret weapon LottieMW 🀫

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Grannyhugs10 Miles

That sounds like a fabulous run with a lovely mix of terrain. So what if you got a little bit lost 🀣 that’s how lovely new routes are found. Great hill work. Happy running πŸ€—

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Was refreshing Grannyhugs , just gotta clean the farmyard off the brooks πŸ˜†

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Jools2020Half Marathon

Good going, Imc! Keep those legs turning, you’ll soon have a tan in that Welsh sunshine πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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Eeeeeeeeek more like red n itchy Jools2020 🀣

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πŸ˜‚

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πŸ…

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I presume that’s the colour your legs go in the sun and not your post run snack!

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Well finger's crossed I'm hoping for a weathered look πŸ™ˆ

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SueAppleRun10 Miles

I loved reading through your run, it sounds like perfection, just you and nature, lovely and a good lot of kilometres in your legs

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Aww thanks SueAppleRun totally enjoyable πŸ‘

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skysue16Half Marathon

It was a beautiful day for a run and yours sounded wonderful πŸ˜€. Getting a bit lost is fun!

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I totally agree skysue16 all the lanes in Wales look so similar 🀣

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IrishprincessAdministratorHalf Marathon

Now I’m jealous as yours is the second post I’ve read this morning showing photos of lovely blue skies ☹️ πŸ™‚ Sounds a fab run, I love seeing photos from others’ runs. Taking lots of photos is one of my favourite things to do while running, they really capture the mood and you can look at them years later and still recall that particular run.

Quite right Irishprincess it's brilliant looking back at past runs πŸ‘

Today it's a piddly wet squishy wales 🀣

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DeckerUltramarathon

Sounds just great! Great mix of beautiful terrain there. I am with you on the directional issues. I’ve gotten lost on straight out and back runs πŸ˜‚

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I'm still classing myself as a trail novice Decker seriously thinking of getting L plates when veering off the tarmac 😎

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9weeks2Run

Great run Ian. That is sooooo amazing that you have got a place in the Virtual London Marathon. Congratulations

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Thanks Rebecca, a reckless niggling urge 🀣

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πŸ˜‚ Fantastic

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Perhaps you could be persuaded to come for a little run πŸ‘

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