Another glorious day on Deeside

Into town this morning to see Jnr perform in his first ever Nativity. So once I stopped crying and got home for lunch, I ended up having a late afternon run as the sun set. 7.5km (4.66 miles) in 49:58. Partly cross country, partly on trail. Av 6:39/km on outward and 6:17/km on return leg.

Odd pain, well more an ache, in left calf for first 3.5km then went completely after I changed my gait and started rolling from heel (which is not how I usually run - I am a forefoot striker). Heel striking is apparently not so good for the old joints and is less efficient as a running style but maybe it had a 'mobile stretching' effect on the calf? Odd, but it went, so thats encouraging. I've had no recurrance of the pain in my thigh but I'm going to do some ITB exercises tonight in front of fire (Day 4 of no central heating. Its so cold in the kitchen that the chicken breasts I took out to defrost at 6am this morning are still covered in freezer frost...)


Another glorious day with no sign of clouds let alone snow, and more of the same tomorrow. Will be cycling (MTB) to/from work tomorrow and thinking might take long way home over Strachan and Finzean

Oh yes, and I've lost 4lbs in a fortnight.