I was tempted in doing another 13 miler today after the previous two days but with a late night at the football (Macclesfield v Bolton at the Reebok Stadium - FA Cup 3rd Rd replay) I was pretty tired this morning (Macclesfield lost by the way!). With my two running colleagues back in the office today I knew that they would be up for a lunchtime jaunt. On asking what distance shall we do, Adam glances at his marathon schedule and boldly claims "it's intervals today". Oh great, there goes my idea of a gentle run!! "No wait" he exclaims, "today is Wednesday - a gentle 5 miles, intervals were yesterday". Phew, that was a close call :)
...and so it came to pass, at 12:30 (having previoulsy surveyed the sandwich van) we donned our running gear and set off on our merry way. The temperature contrast was amazing, probably 10 degrees warmer today! We only had lunchtime 3,4,6 or 7 miles in our weaponry, no 5 mile option! Fortunately I had remembered a 5.25 miler I had run at the end of last year on a variation of one of our 6 mile loops.
The run progressed in it's normal manner, all of us at differing paces in the beginning. We crossed the main road and ventured down the farm track up to the turning we usually take for the 6 mile loop. At this point our usual two dogs bounded down their garden to greet us. We continued on a loop to the end of the farm trail, along a country lane and then back to the same point. I think the two dogs were confused as we approached from the opposite direction for a second time.
The 2 mile journey back was with the wind behind us and made for a pleasant run in. A final 'sprint' ensued in the last quarter mile, this felt like hard work after the slower pace of the run, but certainly got the heart beating faster! Another 5 miles done and the 200 mile barrier should be broken on Friday!!
Stats
Distance: 5.31 miles
Time: 46:37
Janathon Total Distance: 182.35 miles
Streak Total Distance: 1805 miles
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