To get straight back into the swing of things, I met Daren at Jack & Jill this morning for a gentle run.
With the wind firmly behind us, we ran along to Blackcap, pausing to help an incongruent cyclist who first asked directions to Ditchling beacon, then later, when we caught him up again at the Beacon, asked directions to Hollingbury… it might have been easier for him to have asked the second question first! The going was pretty easy and the conversation also flowed happily along.
Then we turned around to run back.
With the wind now firmly in our faces, conversation became much sparser, not least because we practically had to shout to be understood. We watched a rain squall ahead in the distance, but were fortunate that it didn’t come our way.
It felt like the entire way back was very uphill… most especially the last downhill section back to the cars! Yet despite this, we were whooping with the joy of blasting cobwebs and force-fed fresh air… it was just GREAT!
The distance was 9.35 miles and we took about the same one hour 35 minutes that was taken on the 23rd August… not sure exactly though because my watch is still in for repair and I messed up starting the stopwatch that is standing in for it.
