Back to the lolipop

3mins to 7 and eventually settled the shall I shalln't I debate, quick change and down to the tennis club to just catch the lads and lasses setting out for various pack runs on club night. Took the group doing the Burley Lolipop, really a winter run, so faster and flatter. Aim was 8:30 but all a bit frisky tonight so 8min mile pace including the regroups etc, so felt tempo to me, but good catch up with a few, and given that I'm not race fit at the moment good miles. 9.5 of them, nice

Early Sunday am

Now feeling fat after Sunday lunch, but able to blog a long run, a shower, breakfast, dropping eldest off for the train and church before 12 today.
Nice day for an early morning run - out along the back road to Bolton Abbey and back. The heron looked suitably bemused by my presence, I was suitably bemused by a large peton just giving me room to run.
A steady 90mins to Bolton Abbey and back, looking up

Hopefully really back on the road again

Last blog was a bit premature, felt about 100 for a few days after the last run, so not really recovered from that flu like illness, so last 11 days 3 runs, one ear infection with a bit of a dizzy do, A level results and mum to stay...
So One shortish run including a climb from Ilkley to top of moor, one very early morning hill efforts session up the hill to Cow and Calf Pub and today a steady 10 km - felt ok so a long run tomorrow.

Back on the road again

After nearly 2 weeks finally got those running shoes back on. A bout of "flu like illness" slowed me down nearly to a standstill coming back from hol's, I certainly couldn't make it out for a jog, so nice to get out tonight with a group from the Harriers.
It feels like the nights are drawing in a bit, so not so many Tuesday nights out of town/off road left.
Nigel led us a steady pace up Owler Park Road, through Woods, Nesfield down to Addingham over the bridge then round and about and up the very big hill to Addingham Moorside before "contouring" back to Ilkley.
Whilst a steady group tonight it wasn't steady enough for some of us including me - I really struggled the last bit so will put this down as a "recovery run". Hopefully it was post viral and it won't take me yonks to get back to how I was running before the hols.
The watch says - 15.9km, 1hr 35min, 1500ft of up, and 1500 calories - I think I'll have a beer

Running around in France

A great 2 weeks en France on holiday, managed to do some running, mostly flattish, sometimes along sandy beach, sometimes alone and sometimes with Jon S
Did a bit of cycling too
Probaby most important I had a holiday - sometimes it's important not to try too hard

So 60km running
and 110km cycling
and a lot of french cheese, a bit of wine, a little beer.... but no pies