Flat, quiet and refreshed

Well, the cold set in full blast a week after the last post. I'd managed a couple of runs in the meantime, but it gradually got a greater and greater grip. Not fully over it yet, but well enough to head back out onto the roads. And I've only missed a couple of short runs and one slightly longer one.

And I've finally found a flatter route to run from the house. Maximum out-and-back distance is 2.8 miles, so I'll have outgrown it before long, but at least it's enough to get my fitness up off the floor without demanding instant hill runs of my legs.

Not bad today. No MP3, no music, just me and the road and a handful of drivers - all of whom were kind enough to give me room.

Some blackberries still along the way - a nice, juicy, sweet boost - and some redcurrants later in the run. Just a couple of bushes wild in a hedge. I can manage when it's all like this.

And the benefit of running in daylight (unlike last week, when I ran the same route in the late evening) is that you get to see the blackberries and pickin's as you go.

16 miles run - 1063 miles to go.
Posted by Tony Quinlan