Looking out from my home office window throughout the morning gave little promise of the fabulous sunshine that blessed today's lunchtime "smell the roses" 5 miler. It actually felt quite spring like with the warm rays on my back. Mind you I was dressed as normal; seeing several other luchtime runners flying along in their shorts! So a flat and a relaxed pace bearing in mind a busy weekend to come.
These runs are those that the magazines continually suggest can be missed out as they suggest we can......Run A Marathon Training Just 3 times a Week!!.....or.....Slash Your 10K Time By Just Running Every Other Day.....etc etc. A shame for those who seek, or have to follow their advice, because it tends to mean, inevitably, that every time the runner steps through the door it has to be push!, push!, push!...., a hard hill session, a tempo run, a long hard run. The danger being that training becomes a daunting chore. Perhaps that's why so many runners say they hate training....... particularly alone.
Going back to the weekend and the Brass Monkey......remember NO TRANSFERS!.........I want to remind you new " Save The Planet" runners that we were doing our bit to reduce our carbon footprint way back in 1986 no less. By travelling to the York race by coach. How often does that happen with local clubs now? Today's photo shows our group in the Ilkley Car Park prior to departure ad my post race presentation shot. It'll be interesting to see how 2010 times compare.And finally............the other big event this weekend is the Northern Athletics Cross Country Championships at Witton Park, Blackburn.......more commonly known as the "Northern". 128 clubs entered for the mens (1185) and 96 clubs (440) in the womens. What will they be wearing for near zero temperatures? Will it be t-shirts and long shorts as modelled by past Northern Champions ......or croptops and knickers?.............
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