This Morning's Run

Don't usually post details of my local solo training runs, but this morning's perhaps warrants a mention.

Bought new studs (Inov8 Mudclaw) for the Tour of Pendle and, fast running out of toenails, thought I should try and establish how safe the remaining eight were for next Saturday.  Drove to Wilderswood to do the climbs and was first of struck by the number of folk out, so lost a lot of time chatting ( I always say "Stick with what you're good at").

But the best find of the day way was EYJ walking (yes, walking!) down the last bit of the descent from Winter Hill on the diagonal to the wooden bridge. He confessed that he'd attended the FRA Awards Dinner the evening before and had taken excessive advantage of not needing to drive, having been chauffeured there by his son.  He went on to describe how there had been an unseemly tussle between him and Peter Covey (see p47 of the Autumn 2011 issue of the Fellrunner) before they decided who should take the English V70 trophy home. Apparently our man won!

Got home half an hour later than planned, but with a few minor blisters to indicate where I should apply the Vaseline on the 19th.

Expect an exciting announcement from NLN regarding an extraordinary find on Saturday's outing.