As I have booked myself into a number of B&Bs in June with view to walking the first 44 miles of the Cumbria Way (yes, I said walking, not running!), I thought it was about time to send my compass off to Silva in Sweden to get it recalibrated as it currently points south instead of north.
I decided to tie my trip to the Post Office in with a road run (shocker!).
I ran up from home onto Old Rake and out onto George's Lane, then along to the Post Office on New Chapel Lane. I think the altitude spin class last night, coupled with the whole bottle of wine I drank, may have accounted for why I felt like death less than two miles into my run. So much so that I ended up buying a small bottle of water in the PO and guzzling it all down.
I did think about just turning round and going back home the same way because I was feeling really rough but decided to tough it out and carry on up the hill.
I ran up to Bob's Smithy then turned into Colliers Row and along to Matchmoor Lane. The 'climb' up Matchmoor was really hard work and at one point I must confess to having stopped to take a breather. My running this week has not gone very well which is in stark contrast to my running of previous weeks recently.
From Matchmoor I dropped back onto George's Lane and back down Old Rake.
Something strange has happened the last two times I have been out - when running downhill, my toe next to my big toe (which is longer than my big toe - yuk) has been pressing on the front of my shoe. On Wednesday it did it to the point of bending the joint upwards for a split second which made me yelp a little. Both times I have worn a different shoe, both of which I have used many times before without any problem. Have my feet suddenly grown?
Total distance - 5.7 miles
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