Fly past for the press, note the light footfalls and mid sole strikes on the footprints in the snow:
Paul actually popped round in the morning and we agreed between us that reps would be suicidal (let alone dark reps) and we would go out for a slow one at 2pm.
By then the less committed runners had all produced pathetic work based excuses.
So Paul arrived as ever on the dot and I was nearly dressed and then nearly committed a serious wardrobe error, as I had my compression socks and thermal under ware on, but omitted to put trousers on. My son pushed them through the door and that solved that issue. Funny how Paul never even blinked when I came out the house without trousers on.
We set out along Swan walk towards Wheato over the diagonal path up the field. There was a family sledging there who seemed surprised to see us. That climb set the scene for the whole run. Soft fresh snow forcing the light and fast steps. Lifting the feet out the snow made the thighs work hard as we need to lift the snow and concentrate hard not to slip.
Ok, so we did not actually cross the bridge over Batford Springs, but the photo was taken today and it captures the essence of the day:
Then we climbed into the clouds of snow on the other side of the Lower Luton road and doubled back on ourselves to come out at the wooden park near the Cherry Trees Indian. New ground for me here, and Paul led on the path down to the park which was more like a snow tunnel than a path. The holly bushes and trees had so much snow on them that the branches arched down and over the path so I was bent double as Paul pressed home is height advantage and (so he says) accidentally bumping the trees so I got covered in snow. Still it was great fun.
Came back along swan walk and Paul treated me to a loop of the little lake, named oddly "Private, keep out" or is it "Deep Water". Anyway, it was well worth it to see the snow on the frozen lake. Stunning. Good spot for some reps perhaps.
Seven point three miles in the snow. Great stuff and just a shame there were not more of us to enjoy it.
3 comments:
Respect mate. But the reps in the dark were good too.
good - they were terrific for us lesser mortals... yes we survived our suicide attempt
Please compare and contrast the positioning of the leading foot of the two runners in your picture above.
Is it possible the runner in red is displaying an almost perfect example of what is known in running circles as a heel strike?
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