Usual long run ...with a difficult twist

Andrew and I both decided this morning that we would simply do a quick 10k along the canal and back and then dive off for Christmas shopping etc. When we reached the agreed turning point at 5 k he suggested that we extend the run to take in a long and steep climb away from the canal and then back again further along. As well as being a steep climb it probably added about 3.5 k to the run and it was murder (needs a Scottish accent to do justice to this word)!

However, as usual, when we got back to the start we both felt great and as if we'd done a good session before Christmas and built a little bit of steel into our brains. Did the 13.5k in 72.5 minutes which is all right given the psychological challenge of changing route mid-run.

There was also a big thaw on and as we ran under trees quite often there would be a deluge of iceicles (tiny ones) bombarding us. Livened the run up no end.