Despite a few glasses of wine and champagne last night I was feeling surprisingly well this morning and so Duncan and I took Ruby to the ‘beach’ at Rivington Reservoir to play ball.
By about 3.20pm I was starting to feel anxious to go for a run, even though I had today down as a rest day. I just felt that I wanted to start the year as I meant to go on. As my quads and hamstrings are quite tight at the minute, I decided to just do another easy run on the flat.
Whilst a largely unremarkable run, it had the desired effect of easing the guilt of all the food and drink I’ve been consuming lately. The highlight of the session, however, had to be a rather trendy girl in a white faux fur coat and light coloured Ugg boots trying to get across a very muddy section of trail in Rivvy, not helped by Ruby splashing her way through in very close proximity.
We just about managed to get home before it got too dark and I again had to throw Ruby in the shower. It’s becoming daily now so hopefully she will start to take it for granted soon. She’s a good girl really and, whilst you can tell she’s not overly keen on it, she doesn’t scrabble about and just takes it in her stride.
I was hoping to get out with the WFDBWGUA group tomorrow morning but unfortunately I have to take Duncan down to the health centre at 9.30 so won’t be able to make it. I’ll try to make it for Saturday’s run though.
As for the year ahead, hopefully my running times will continue to improve and I’ll get more confident with my navigation skills.
Here’s to a great 2014!
Total distance – 4.1 miles
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