Original plan was to go for a long run with Caro but she's enjoying the sunshine in the Lake District this week. So, headed off around 9am this morning to Badbury Rings with the intention of running around 18-20.....at least that was the plan!
We're in the middle of a heat wave and even at that time the temperature was already in the early 20's. Parked at Pamphill and in the first few hundred yards I could tell today was not going to go well. My legs felt like lead and every step was a real effort. The end result was that I did cover (notice I said cover and not run!) 10.5 miles but every undulation felt like a hill and every hill, a mountain so I ended up walking quite a bit. Quite early on I accepted that I was having an 'off' day and decided to just go with the flow and if I was struggling....walk. It was lovely and quiet over the rings and with very few people out, no-one saw me walking up those mountains anyway! What I was able to notice was the lovely sound of the skylark, a true summer sound. Plenty of cuckoo calls too. The yellow rape seed was now just going over but still the smell lingered.
Tomorrow is another day and I'm not going to worry about how I felt this morning.
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