No Beep Beep for us

I woke up this morning and, for the first time in about two years, decided I wanted to do a road run. My pure and simple reason for this is that I really didn’t want to have to bath Ruby again when we got back so I figured if we went for a road run she would stay reasonably clean.

I didn’t want to run on busy roads so set off from mine, down dog poo alley and then up Factory Hill. It wasn’t until I was on Factory Hill that I realised how icy it was (hadn’t noticed the ice all over the car when I passed it on the drive!). After me slipping three times and my four leg drive companion slipping twice, I decided to go home via Brinks Row.

A quick change of shoes later and we were back out again and where we belong – on the trails!

We went straight up onto George’s Lane and the along towards the Pike. We went past the first gate to the Pike and along to the old toilet block. When we got there, the gate had been knocked down. It didn’t look like wind had done it but more like somebody had rammed it down.

We went up the Pike avoiding the steps as they were really icy. We then went straight back down, onto George’s Lane and up to 2 Lads by the side of the kennels. I was feeling pretty strong this morning so it was frustrating that Ruby kept stopping dead in front of me and breaking my stride. Equally frustrating was that she decided to pick up the pace on the way back down, nearly dragging me down on my backside. For a small dog she is remarkably strong and really pulls, especially if she sees another animal.

From there we headed back home through Wilderswood and, when we got there, hopped straight into the shower – both of us.

Moral of the story – road running sucks!

Total distance – 6.3 miles

Week’s total distance - 37.2 miles