Mad dash

Planned to leave work at 4:30pm today so that I stood a chance of getting back for the 7:00pm run with the club. Busy busy busy during the day. Lots of things to get out of the way. Can't believe it is just 2 weeks since starting. Anyway, managed to get away at 4:45pm with a 200km drive in front of me. The patron saint of traffic was kind to me today, no lorries on fire on the motorway (last Friday, got stuck for 1 hour) or any other holdups. Even had time to fill up with petrol and arrived at the sports centre with 10 minutes to spare. No I didn't have to drive at 90 mph (work it out - 1.6 conversion factor) to be on time, only 75-80mph. ;)

The consensus of the fast group was for a relatively short run of around 6 miles (9.6km) so it should be a nice gentle one. The evening was still warm enough for shorts and T-shirts. September is forecast to be a really good month weatherwise. Then again, anything would be better compared to August.

Besides a few efforts up several of the short hills and a bit of a windup towards the end, it was just one of those occasions that you feel like your legs are just on autopilot. I still prefer the route that we did the Monday before with a few sharp hills at the end. Finished the run before the middle group which also did about the same distance but on a different route. Got a bag of homegrowth beans planted by the oldest member of the club. Hint, he runs in the male veteran over 70 group in races and usually wins.

Oh well, 4 more days of work to go. Will be staying in Sheffield for the rest of the week in a hotel. Saves on the driving.



Location 52°N 2°W