Run in the sun.

Well get out we did. Only twice but at least we made the effort. Tuesday we ran three miles and Thursday four. Twelve miles for the week was less than I had hoped for but under the circumstances it was acceptable. Saturday is forecast to be cooler and if that carries over into Sunday we can begin to build up the mileage again.

First Short Run This Year

Influenza which lasted for two weeks and stopped us running has finally passed. Today we were able to hit the road again, not completely recovered but well enough to try four miles. It went ok, more of an ease ourselves back into things than a hard workout. A flat route was what was requested so that’s what we got. We managed to add into the route some off-road running which was good. The weather has improved in the weeks we have missed so I was able to venture out in shorts. White legs like sticks of celery I wonder what the neighbours thought. Never mind I felt better for it. Tomorrow will be interesting, if all is well we will be out again for a longer run and see how the body stands up to that.

Targets have gone out of the window for the moment but I would still like to achieve fifteen or perhaps twenty miles for the week. Mileage isn’t the be all and end all these days, we must be sensible.

Wellington Memorial.

With only four miles to run to complete our target for the week we could afford to take it easy. We used the run to look at variations we could incorporate into our normal routes to freshen them up a little. On one of the deviations we came across a memorial to the aircrew who died when their Wellington bomber they were testing in 1942 crashed in bad weather killing all on board. A sobering moment and time to reflect.
The rest of the run threw up a few alternatives for us which was the object of the run. We also ran the required four miles to hit target thus bringing the week to a conclusion.