Neither Nick nor I were in a mood to run this morning and we very nearly skipped it and went straight into breakfast but for two reasons: Firstly, we had our running kit on and second, I had already skipped one run this week, with Daren on Tuesday, in favour of breakfast. It seemed churlish not to go.
It was hard going though as we tramped off up the road, with both breathing and legs heavy. We decided to keep the run short so approximately reversed a normal-ish route and cut some corners off.
Spring was showing with the ground firmer under the surface but the impact of the recent April showers was apparent in a very slippery top layer of mud. Quite frankly, we were all over the place and only the constant core stability workout from running off-road and a little luck saved us from any number of muddy falls.
Although I did run headlong into a small tree at one point as there was insufficient traction to turn around it! For some reason Nick kept getting caught on the brambles along the side of the path, but that serves him right for being a wuss about keeping his trainers clean!
It was certainly a pretty little run that ended with Nick demonstrating, as per usual, just how much faster he is back along the home straight.
We covered a distance of 5.2 miles in 52 minutes (well, Nick in 51 minutes!) which is 6mph on the nose. Not bad bearing in mind how many of our footfalls were taken off sideways by the conditions.