As I was running up to George's Lane tonight, for some reason it popped into my head that I haven't had a fall for a while whilst running. As soon as that popped into my head, I cursed myself for thinking it because when I think something like that, it usually ends up happening (yes, I have little voices in my head).
Ruby and I ran along George's Lane and up the Pike via the Pike Race route.
I got a Strava PR on my ascent from the gate to the Pike but, unfortunately, am still 9 seconds off the goal I set myself to get up there in under 4 minutes. However, on a more pleasing note, when I was running up tonight, I actually stopped a short way up the hill so I could let Ruby off the lead because she was getting under my feet, so I know that I could easily knock that 9 seconds off if I want to because it took me longer than that to get her over to me and get her off the lead. I have until the end of October to complete my goal so I'm pretty confident I'll do this easily, as long as I don't have Ruby trying to trip me!
We then ran down to the little gate leading to the mast, but turned immediately left through the gate and headed off along the sheep trod to Noon Hill. It's here where I went flying. Flat on my face into the mud. As usual, I blame Ruby. This time she didn't stop dead in front of me though, she jolted off after a sheep which I hadn't seen and it took me by surprise and I lost my balance (she was on the lead). At least it was a nice soft landing though.
So, it appears I'm a little psychic and can predict my falls before they happen.
After Noon Hill, we dropped down onto Belmont Road (I'm pretty sure this is called Belmont Road, even though a lot of people still refer to it as George's Lane but, as far as I'm aware, George's Lane forks off left at the Pigeon Tower and goes down to the car park - correct me if I'm wrong though).
I wasn't going to go up to the Pike again but Ruby seemed to want to go that way so we did. Instead of going up the steps, we went up the steep grassy slope to the left hand side of them.
On this climb to the Pike, I got my second fastest time Strava-wise but when looking at it on Strava I was surprised to see that I'm somehow ranked 2 out of 50 in women for this segment. I'm not sure how that has happened but am pretty damn certain that some of the people ranked lower than me (not mentioning any names here) clearly weren't trying at the time they ran this segment because there is no way on God's green earth that I would be faster than them if they were trying. Good for a short term ego boost though :-)
I let Ruby off the lead so I could enjoy the fast descent off the Pike but, as she was running behind me and I couldn't see her, I wasn't overly confident so didn't get a decent Strava time on this one.
Yes, I am obsessed with Strava but it's great for motivation so why not?
Positive Comments: Felt really strong on both climbs to Pike, really enjoyed muddy run.
Total distance - 5.5 miles
http://www.strava.com/activities/185683966
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