The idea this morning was to drive to Bracknell to run with Phil, but he’s been trying in vain to shed a heavy cold all week and the forecast was not at all great, so we gave it a miss.
For a change the forecast was spot on and a weather front, replete with high gusts of wind and driving rain, slowly dragged it’s feet across overhead all through the morning. By the time it passed and a weak sun peered through the rain-spattered glass into the house, the log burner was sizzling and we were tucked up horizontally on two sofas watching the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Man, what a circuit!
I was so wrapped in my work on Friday that I didn’t even manage to get a quick run in, so it was largely guilt that drove me to put my jacket on once the race was won and get out onto the freshly washed pavements this afternoon.
I merely re-ran the route of the 7th October, finding quickly that I didn’t need my jacket and then getting a few odd looks for running in t-shirt & shorts… it being November and all!
There’s not a whole lot else to report, mostly because I was only out for 39 minutes… but this in itself is worth a mention. When I ran this route three and a half weeks ago it was a tough run and took me 42 minutes… 7.1mph. Today I hardly tried yet ran at an average of 7.7mph, pretty much sprinting up the last hill by the station.
If I thought the 7th was progress, today I was practically flying!
Of course Kim opted for the machine and must have been running for almost two hours now… I suppose that I could have stayed out for longer, but it’s been dark outside for a while now, which would make any of my longer routes far too hazardous!