Saturday training

A lovely cool, crisp day in Hexham and Laurence decided that she wanted to make the most of the morning by going for a run down to Tyne Green. I fancied an easy jog before the race tomorrow and it was a great occasion to go for a run together.

We set off down the streets from Dad's new house and the roads were icy and treacherous. It was a very slippy affair. But soon we were heading down Battle Hill and down past the station to Tyne Green. Laurence announced that she wanted to run about 8 km but when we reached the end of the Green, we were feeling so good that we carried on to Warden. The paths were icy all the way beside the Tyne and the river was very full from the recent rain. We had no rain but a clear blue sky with only the slightest of breezes.

A quick jog up the hill from Warden and then back on the road past the Golf Club and the cemetary where we made a quick stop to go and visit Mum's grave. Mum would have been happy to know that we were exercising when we came to visit so it was with this thought in mind that we ran the last 2 km back to the house.

10.5 km all up in 58 minutes. A lovely start to the morning. We both thoroughly enjoyed it.