Rugby Players Everywhere!

I went to the UP at the UT this morning and out running today were Kev, Ed, Mary and John C, although John was going to be staying with us after the Pike.

I had already run around 2.5 miles as I wanted to try to get in as much distance as possible in the least time so thought I'd get a head start and run from home, along the edge of Rivington Reservoir, to the prep school then back to the barn.

From the barn we ran up to the Pike where Wigan Warriers were having a training session.  They were doing reps on the steps and were also doing some kind of boxing exercise.  Their session ended just as we got to the top and they asked Kev to take a picture of the whole team.  I just stood there watching and then it occurred to me afterwards that I could have taken a picture of my own to put on my blog but the thought didn't even cross my mind at the time.

From the Pike we ran to Two Lads, via George's Lane and then ran up to the trig point on Winter Hill.  We descended down the diagonal onto Belmont Road, then ran along to the road and went along this a bit until the path which leads to Higher Hempshaws.  We didn't go over to Higher Hempshaws though and instead turned left and ran along to the farm and then out onto the road near the campsite.  We then went down the path to the side of the campsite and along Dean Brook, before running up the steps, through Rivington Green and back to the barn.

On our return to the barn, there was yet another rugby team just finishing their training.  I can't remember now but I'm pretty sure it was Swinton Lions (correct me if I'm wrong guys).  By this point I was too tired to take anything in and I still had to run back home yet.  I really wanted to ask one of the guys for a lift but I had to give myself a good talking to and resist because I hadn't done the mileage I wanted to yet.

I got home in just under 12 miles but that still wasn't quite as much as I wanted to.  Don't think I'll be getting my goal 120 miles in this month due to having almost a week off with my poorly foot earlier in the month.


Total distance - 11.85 miles

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