Cairn mon Earn run

 

Weather: Mild

Todays tune: Folky Gibbon, The Chair

Activity: 10km run, Cairn mon Earn, Aberdeenshire

Comments: Fnnnnrrrrgh

After a lazy morning sat on the floor with maps and books, I made a decision to reconnoitre part of a longer run I'm planning. I wasn't expecting it to be easy. Which was good, because it wasn't. After a "three point one five kil-ahm-eterrs" (you gotta love the nice American lady's voice with RunKeeper Pro on the iphone) uphill stretch, I stopped briefly and wondered as to the whereabouts of my lungs and kept wondering for the remainder of run. I bloody hate road running. Its sore on my ankles (they've been broken many times) and even on single track, middle-of-nowhere roads there are cars. I passed the entrance to Cluny Woods and felt myself being drawn into the trees...Oh to run on something softer! Oh to not have to focus on pace and timings! But, I persevered. I needed to stick between 6:39 - 7:29 min/km which is my easy run pace. Runkeeper says my average pace was av 6:45/km and my Garmin Forerunner says av 6:51/km so fairly happy. 

 

Anyway, enough of this talk of pace! It was a mild day, with low cloud and the threat of rain in the air but up there, there was still a lot of snow. And it was eerily beautiful. Really, really beautiful. I felt like I were the only person on the planet for a while. Its a lovely run too really, despite my moanings. 10.01km and just over 750ft of ascent. 1:07:18

I'm planning to take the bike up there next week if theres been a significant thaw. The tracks up into Durris Forest are still thigh deep in snow so unless Bob learns to float... we'll see, be a cracking outing if it happens.

I'm off for a long, hot shower and stick my head back in Ghost Trails but here, for your listening pleasure...what's been going round in my head all day. Hyaeeeeich!!