I had a nice quiet Wednesday, with a trip to the pub to celebrate Chris's 21st at lunchtime. I did nothing but a bit of cycling to work and back. It's a surprise to wake up with pain then - the fall on Tuesday must have had more of an impact than I realised!
I've been in touch with Craig and he's going to come over after he's finished work. I've decided that the track session isn't going to help much with my sore muscles or with Saturday's Old County Tops attempt, and he had a track meet at the weekend and wants to take things steady. We agree on an hour's run from Knight's Grange. As we're early, we set off before anyone else arrives.
Not wanting to get him lost, we do a straight out-and back from Knight's Grange and reach the Kennel Lane bridge before turning back. It's quite a bit quicker than Tuesday's pace, but over much easier ground, so there's still plenty of breath for chat - mostly about running of course! I envy him a bit - he's 21, and has got years to get faster, and find out what he's good at and enjoys. I think I've got a few years in me yet before I start to score frequent PWs but I do feel that I missed out in my 20s and early 30s. Just to emphasise that, as we pass through Whitegate Station, we pass Nicky Archer, moving easily along, followed by at least two dozen juniors, out for a long run for a change. Craig comments that there must be a lot of good athletes at the club, quite a compliment considering the size and quality of Team Bath's membership!
We finish up across the golf-course and down to the track where everyone else is doing a 8x1K session with very short recoveries. There is at least a look of "concentration" on most faces, sometimes more than that! All of a sudden I'm glad I decided not to do the session. There are only 33 hours to go until the start of Saturday's fun at Elterwater, and I'm feeling pleasantly tired enough!
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