Today's run with Grandad was TOUGH. We had planned to do it yesterday, and I'm not entirely sure why Grandad decided to switch (possibly hoping the weather would improve) - although we did discover my train tickets back up to Scotland were for tomorrow not today.
We'd done a bit of shopping in Macclesfield, and planned to run down the canal tow path and then back, a route that should have been about 6 miles ish. Started off OK, although the two path was MUCH muddier than I had anticipated (the Edinburgh canal path has been turned into a cycle path) and I was slipping and sliding around a lot. It wasn't raining so much as that heavy mist that permeates everything: staying-warm-wise this might have been a good thing (although I did get a nice light waterproof from Decathlon yesterday). But glasses-wise it was an utter nightmare!
My stupid stomach muscle decided to play up today too - I wish I could work out why! It starts out feeling like a stitch but then sorts itself out usually. Today it was being really annoying and kept twingeing back after a few hundred yards. Kept having to stop and walk a bit - very frustrating after such a good run on Tuesday. We kept going though, walking when it was bad and then running for a bit, and ended up doing 4.5 miles (cut the planned route a bit short because of muscle pain).
No idea what was up with me but hopefully a rest day tomorrow will sort me out! Grrr.
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