The difference a day makes

So on saturday it was raining, windy, cold and generally meh. However it’s never a waste if you’re out on the run. I try to learn new things, the general advice with effort and running is that you should be able to hold a conversation while running, if you cant then the effort level is too high. Bollocks I say, I have amended it to if you can run uphill into a gale while singing songs to your dog the effort level is not too high. I have an entire catalog of songs I sing to him, I make them up and then forget them and then make them up again, it makes the miles fly by trust me. What he thinks of it i’m not sure but he does tend to ignore me a lot so I think thats’s probably a clue.

Then on sunday we set out at dawn and what a difference, calm, still and so warm by the end of the run I was shirtless. It was one of those I could run forever mornings so I just kept tagging bits on so we didn’t have to go home so soon. And then we had been back an hour and it was just too nice to be indoors so we ran a few more miles up to see mum and dad (where I had to eat biscuits as I was bonking from not eating – I fed the dog but not me at home)

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  This was the general feeling on saturday – wet and muddy (we don’t mind really)

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  But sunday morning …..

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  We had the beach to ourselves (admittedly we get up at stupid O’ clock to get it like this)

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  We posed up on Witches Point for a while

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  Blue sky morning plus still plenty of splashing around to do

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  late afternoon chill

Zoomies

I wasnt intending to run much this weekend, y’know the old let things heal thing but it was just so glorious out what else could I do?  Those crisp mornings at dawn are irresistable and not just for me they seemed to entice Murph into a world consisting of zooming around like an idiot. I was happy for him to zoom while I plodded, 5 miles on saturday and 10 today and I feel fine. Sometimes all you need is zoomies (and a plod)

Blurry zoom followed by charging leap – trick is to stand your ground and he will deviate at last second, if you move either side he will take you out without mercy

Happy zoomies

Still zooming

Ok i’ve slowed down a bit but i could go mental at any second

Hmmm day 2 of zoom? It’s still frosty

When the stream floods we ound a new way of crossing – he does it so gracefully compared to me. No-one as fallen in … yet

Getting ready to zoom – Fuel stop – 1 treat equals 10 minutes zoom

Just trotting trying to look photogenic

Prepare the zoomster!

And go!

The usual views

Back inland and heading home through the lanes

Chilling out on the afternoon cool-down walk (which unsurprisingly included zooming)