Here we are again, my apologies for my post last night and the YouTube clip seemingly not working when accessed from a mobile, I will try better next time! Before leaving the office last night, my colleague (Adam) had mentioned he was running at lunchtime today and was up for a slow 6 miles. He emphasised the word 'slow' several times, did he think I was going to go out fast?
Another usual lunchtime downpour preceded our run and as usual abated before we left. I secured the above cake for my afternoon consumption, after all there was no point in all this running if we couldn't eat cake! The route was to be our usual '6 miler' but in the daring anti-clockwise direction.
We set off at a nice gentle 9 min mile pace which would turn out to be exactly our average pace. Adam had his pre-programmed scheduled run in his watch and was constantly beeping for us to slow down! A mile along the main road and the worst part was over and we carried on through the village of Gawsworth. The next two miles along the very muddy lanes seemed much harder as the hills were in a different place. It is amazing how the same route run in the opposite direction can be so different.
On to the off-road section and as we turned left for the long sweeping hill to the farm we could see the clouds in the valley pouring with rain, right where we were heading. The temperature had dropped with the strength of the wind which fortunately blew the weather through the valley and we returned to the office in sunshine! A nice gentle 6 miles in the bank, hopefully another expedition up the 'office hill' in the morning...
Oh, I nearly forgot, the cake was magnificent!!
Stats
Distance: 6.04 miles
Time: 54:21
Janathon Total Distance: 249.43 miles
Streak Total Distance: 1872 miles
Looks like 6 miles was worth it.
ReplyDeleteAnd now I'm hungry. Might have to treat myself to the biggest cream cake next week.
Well done on your run streak.
That cake has got instant diabetic written all over it!
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