Two Lads - Mast - Pike

I had a lovely run tonight with Ruby.  I really enjoyed it and as I was running through the mud and and slush from the mast to the Pike I looked up to the sky and took a deep breath feeling euphoric.  I was brought crashing (almost literally) back to earth though as Ruby had stopped dead in front of me and I nearly fell over her.  I could see the ground getting closer to my face but managed to right myself before landing face first in a puddle of mud.

We ran from home up through Wilderswood onto George's Lane and then headed up to Two Lads via the water tanks.  I stopped to chat for a while to Sean and Ruby had a great time playing with her old house mates (Ruby used to belong to Sean so she had a little reunion with his other dogs).

We then carried on to Two Lads and then headed cross country for the mast then, when reaching the mast road, turned almost back on ourselves and headed over to the Pike.

As I mentioned above, it was really wet going across to the Pike but I was in one of those moods where I felt that the dirtier I got the better my run would be so I just motored through it all and loved every minute.

We got to the Pike and I let Ruby off the lead for the run down.  She did her usual trick of stopping dead right in front of me though but I was able to stop in time.  It's really unnerving running down a steep hill with a dog as stupid as Ruby with you.

I made it to the bottom in one piece and got Ruby back on her lead and we headed home, although I could have stayed out for hours.  Ruby didn't share this feeling as by this point she had started trailing behind me and I was having to slow to a near walk so she could keep up.  

Positive comments: Good strength on hills, really enjoyed run, no ankle pain.

Total distance - 5 miles


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