Still out there

Once again I realise im running far far more than im blogging.  In fact I’m back to running a fair deal again, its a 50 mile week again without counting the dog walks too. But the important thing isnt the mileage its the time spent outside with Murph. I was considering funning a fell race yesterday and was about to then realised that I would prefer to go for a long run with Murph rather than leave him home and race.  And it was the right decision.  It was better to be in a forest with him than up a mountain without him.  Priorities change I guess although I am pondering the future too – I mean where does all this training go?  To be honest it’ll probably be next year before I run any races and that will probably be Preseli up first but then what?  The thought of a 50 miler intrigues me as its the next logical step but I know how blown out I am on 32. Who knows!  Less introspection more photos they cry!

Gotta love the clods

And the sunsets

Happy dog is happy

This …. is progress.  Thats a field full of sheep – thats one dog with strong hunting instincts behaving perfectly. training is paying off

Give me a treat I have just run several miles

A dog in a forest is better than no dog up a mountain

 

Couldnt resist

It was tuesday not today so nice and slow and no harm done cos I just had to get out when the sun shone. See you after the weekend!

You can see why I was out

Blue skies in all directions

Some epic clouds for SRG

I’ll let the photos do the talking ….

However you can play spot the red kite

Not sure what the hell was divebombing me on the left of this photo!

Google “autotuned” this photo – Not sure if I prefer it … Looks a little too bright

To think I almost didn’t

Got home from work and it was cold, blowing hard and looked like rain. I was sooooooo close to staying in the warm and having soem food, maybe do some stretching, take it easy. But I knew deep down I wanted to go out and would love it once I did. It’s the first step. So off I went into the wind for a quick 4 mile run.

The bridge building continues apace, now they’re chucking rocks in because its better to break an ankle on an unsteady rock than get your precious shoes and clothes muddy…. sigh

Anyway there was just about enough sand to run the mile stretch before the tide swept me away

Note narrow strip of sand – GO!

I found I can now cruise even into the wind at around 9 min miles on the sand. On the way back I was doing 8 no problems.  I’m only doing short stints like that as I don’t want to blow up anything in my legs so don’t worry I’m being careful and listening to my body!

Some cool clouds for SRG

The view back from the fields on the way home

Sneaky Sneaky

Got home from work early and I dont normally run on a tuesday but I just fancied it. Glad I did. Just a quick one to the beach and back so around two and a half miles.

Tides in

Moons out in the bluest of skies

Clouds looking fluffy

From shit to sky

The blog that keeps answering the questions you never needed to know the answer to anyway!  How long a run up does a seagull need to get airborne?

This far …. We had some sort of weird seagull race goin on I think

Just 4 miles done today to start to break in these

Dynafit Feline SL- I couldnt resist on ebay as someone was selling them as unworn as “they dont match my jeans …..” I mean really wtf? So basically I’ve rescued a pair of trail shoes from a life as fashion victims for low cost!

One thing about getting wet running to and on the beach is that you dont care about lying in streams to get good low down photos of sunsets.

Cold but worth it

Last of the sunlight