Tonight I learn that Tom Annable can jog a warm-up REALLY fast, and that you're never alone on the internet, or on the A556.
Leaving work at half five, I set off on a comfortable jog along the bike track, and arriving at Tom's road a few minutes aheadf of schedule, run across the Blue Bridge and up the hill and back to use up a bit of time. I'm planning on a nice comfortable joh back to Rudheath as I've been assured that Colin will be coming along. As it turns out, Colin's away.
Running back the way I came with Tom, conversation becomes a bit one-way, and I start to feel much more tired than I had on the way out. I consider various possibilities: is there a headwind? did I eat? am I sickening for something? No, the answer lies in my watch which tells me that we're running at a bit quicker than my half-marathon pace. By the time we reach Rudheath I've worked up quite a sweat. Bernie can't quite work out why he saw me running along the A556 away from Rudheath, forty-five minutes before we arrive!
The run to Navigation hill is a let-off after that, and I'm feeling a bit more composed by the time we're doing the stretches. It's at about this point when Dave tells me he's found this blog via the young person's social networking site we're trying to be trendy on at the moment. Not that it's going to make me any more careful about what I write!
The hill session itself is great fun and I thoroughly enjoy it. I don't konw if I do have a masochistic streak, but I just enjoy running up and down hills, even narrow, tarmaccy ones with speed humps. In fact the speed humps are quite fun too. After 14 reps, the second lot on the Mow-Coppish steep hill, it's dark, and time to run back to Rudheath. By the time I get back to the office, I'm curious about how far I've run, and I'm surprised to see that it's 16 miles: it really hasn't felt that long.
Twenty minutes of cycling takes me home, and towards another "day off". Odd thing is, with this marathon training, I get more days off than ones I have to run on. Still, the Lake District is next, so I'll need all the rest I can get before then!
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