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So, another Saturday morning run and a wam one at that. The plan was for a 7 miler off road on one of my tried and tested routes. One point in the route is on a railway bridge over the M6, after last Sunday's running the stations run I had noticed a lot of machinery and workmen at the said bridge. I was therefore naturally cautious that their shannigans may result in the closure of the aforementioned bridge. If I tackled the route in the proposed direction, I would hit the bridge at 5.5 miles, a closure at this point would mean turning around and adding 4.5 miles to the run instead of 1.5 miles. I therefore set off in the opposite direction.
The first mile was ok, which lead me to the field, the grass is all cut, great. Then over the stile and the path between the now waist high crops is virtually non existent. I then 'thrashed' my way through the field only to find the bridge closed. The above sign only attached to the actual bridge, not at the beginning of the footpath!! A curse of the sign, and I then back 'thrashed' through the field and managed to get back to the road having completed that mile in a spritely 14 minutes!!
A quick rethink and I ended up heading out through Knutsford, a quick field crossing and then back along the main road to home. Those next three miles I knocked out at around 7:50 pace. I was pleased with that and made a mental note to avoid the route over the bridge for the foreseeable future!
Distance: 5.74 miles
Time: 51:23
July Total Distance: 9.14 miles
Streak Total Distance: 274.66 miles
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