With a week of two lunchtime and two evening runs, I felt it was about time that I got an early morning run in. As it was Friday this meant an early drive up to the office to tackle the 'office hill' once again. It was a cold start to the day so I knew I would need my hat for the top of the hill (still in shorts though!).
I arrived at the office at 7 and calculated I would be back by 8:30, perfect. I started with my headtorch on and headed off towards the canal for an anti-clockwise run. The two miles along the canal were very 'gloopy' to say the least! I turned the headtorch off after 20 minutes, the lighter mornings were gradually on their way, thank goodness for that!
The next 2 miles were spent climbing the gradual slope to the top of Croker Hill. The weather was infinitely better than last week and I was enjoying the run, on through the farm and then the final steep mile along the gravel track. The track still resembled a stream and I attempted to keep my feet as dry as possible. If you got to the top at 5.5 miles in 50 minutes, you were doing well, I crested the hill in a shade over that time!
The next half a mile down the farm track took me through a flock of sheep and out on to the A54. The hill down is a 10% gradient in places so the 2 miles flew by! I took it steady though as there were quite a few cars on the road by now and there is nowhere really to jump out of the way. To bring up 260 miles for Janathon I figured there was 2.5 miles left back to the office once at the bottom of the hill which would make me hit that target spot on. A welcome shower and weetabix rounded off a great start to the day...
Stats
Distance: 10.58 miles
Time: 1:27:28
Janathon Total Distance: 260.01 miles
Streak Total Distance: 1882 miles
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