I set off up the road and was surprised it was so mild. I came back round the block opposite where I live, but not quite completely and carried on down a very long road. Crossing the road several times I eventually got to a little place called Drighlington. As I turned the corner at the crossroads I realised I was going to be running upwards and into a wind - great! Never mind, that's a challenge. I plodded on.
After getting to the crest of the hill and crossing a major road I then had a traffic free wide expanse of semi-tarmacced (is that a word?) track to run on. However after about a quarter of a mile it becomes mud and puddles! So it then became a case of dodging left and right to find the least wet and slippery places to put my feet.
Up past the farm, cross a road and I am on the bottom moor - mud but not too bad for most of it. Up a short track and I am on the top moor and nearly home. I had a touch of cramp in my right calf but nothing to stop me running.
Home, slighty muddy but not too bad, in 39.15 having done 3.79 miles.
This afternoon, my OH and I decided to go for a nice doggy walk. It was a bit blustery when we set off but by the time we arrived at Ogden Reservoir it was bucketing it down. Oh well we had arrived so we were going to walk despite everyone else scuttling back to their cars.
Evie a 17 year old terrier of unknown origin and Barney, a 17 month old cream-coloured labrador were just happy to be out. Although Barney's colouring rapidly changed especially from the belly downwards as we trekked through the mud and puddles.
We managed a very wet couple of miles around the reservoir before heading home for something nice and healthy to eat.Good start to the year!
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