Tripping Hazard

I was due to see Maria tonight for some physio but Duncan ‘stole’ my appointment as apparently his need is greater than mine. Anyone would think he’d just had a hip replacement or something!

As he isn’t driving yet, I had to take him up to George’s Lane for his appointment so I decided to incorporate this into my run. Not wanting to get full of mud again I decided, begrudgingly, on a road run, taking me along George’s Lane to Chorley Old Road, up to Bob’s Smithy then right down Old Kiln Lane. At the bottom of Old Kiln we then headed back to Chorley Old Road via Doffcocker Roundabout. From there we just went back down to George’s Lane and along to Maria’s.

I thought this would only be about 4 miles but it turned out to be 5.25 which was good as we got back just as Duncan was leaving his appointment.

This is my first proper run on a road with Ruby and, whilst it was nice that she wasn’t pulling the entire time, she seems to not be able to run in a straight line and spent the entire run drifting into my path.

My shoulder is really sore now from trying to keep her to my side to avoid tripping over her, although this did happen… twice. Luckily nobody was around to point and laugh.

Total distance – 5.25 miles.