Happy Birthday Ruby!

Yes, today is Ruby's 8th Birthday!  We took her to Rivington this morning to celebrate with a bout of tennis ball throwing, which is Ruby's most favouite activity.

I left Duncan and Ruby to it and decided to go for a run on my own for a change, so I set off from Rivington towards Lead Mines Clough.  Sluggish is not the word for how I felt this morning.  I just had no climb in my legs at all.  I wouldn't mind but I was only going up a very slight incline but I was really struggling.  This may have something to do with the amount of wine I consumed last night, who knows.  As I was feeling OK on the flat and downhill bits I decided to make the most of my run and have something of a farlek session.  I ran all the flat and donwhill bits at speed and any uphill bits I just jogged.  It turned out to be quite a good session actually.

I got to Lead Mines Clough, ran though it then turned round and retraced by steps back to Rivington.  Duncan and Ruby had by now already left to I carried on and ran home, still doing my farlek.

I must say, I was positively knackered by the time I got home and felt like what could have been a terrible session, actually turned into a useful one.

Total distance - 6 miles

Week's total distance - 32.1 miles

Ruby has been pampered all day and has had a good few meaty treats and she's now curled up next to me on the couch, exhausted from her tennis ball activities.  Here's a pic of her scoffing some kind of log shaped treat...