Pat's mum gets out of hospital today so he has to go down to Hamilton to look after her for the next few days/weeks so we won't be able to run together for most of the month. We had scheduled a run for 10 but this had to be brought forward to 7.30am. Thank goodness the rain had stopped but my trainers weren't dry enough to wear. I used my trail shoes and glad I did as the surface underfoot was quite treacherous at times. We just did the normal 3 mile route which for me meant from the red bridge to the red bridge, it seemed odd to only have 11 hours between running.
Surprised at how well the water had drained away though and the pavements were partially dry but frosty with the occasional frozen puddle. The slipiest parts were going across the side roads - so much for the gritting as the water must have washed away most of the salt. Needless to say it was a slow time as the running was very cautious. 3.38 miles in 44.3 minutes in 1.5 degrees centigrade. One knee and one hip feeling a bit creaky butt not too bad, although cold it was clear and crisp and just getting dark. Passed lots of people who were out scrapping ice off their car windscreens (great big globules of ice as well) it would have been easy to steal a car from a driveway today.
Nice feeling though to get one of your days' activities off the list before breakfast. Our topics of conversation today were mainly travelling and the helicopter crash in Glasgow I think we concentrated more on the conditions underfoot. I'll miss Pat on the runs for the foreseeable future though.
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