Warm up/down 10:00 [3]
shoes: Mudclaws RED
Pre Crathes PR. Mulling over what shoes to wear. Half road, half trail, some of which, the wide ride at about 3.5k, I knew could be a mudbath. Settled on Mudclaws to be safe.
Trail / Road Run race 22:21 [5] 4.89 km (4:34 / km) +79m 4:14 / km
shoes: Mudclaws RED
Crathes Parkrun.
Couldn't put it off. No excuses, apart from snowing. Nothing else on. Time I bit the bullet and raced again anyway even though I hadn't done a thing of any tempo since Detox 10k at new year. Hence didn't expect any sort of easy ride.
Hills on the, albeit, temporary course are pretty tough. Gentleish downhill to 1.2k then sharp turn and back up again for 900m, another this time sharp downhill for 400m, then flattish trails for 2k then another sharp uphill for the remaining 500m.
Hurt as much as I expected it to. Usual difficulties with the uphills. Time about as expected. No issues of note with achilles so happy enough. Served its purpose. Time to get quicker though!
Warm up/down 12:00 [3] 1.7 km (7:04 / km)
shoes: Mudclaws RED
Post parkrun.
Nice to be back on a few Crathes trails this morning.
Trail / Terrain Run 37:37 [3] 5.76 km (6:32 / km) +100m 6:01 / km
shoes: Mudclaws RED
Looked nice out and fancied a run in the snow. Craigmore loop and back round community path. Starting to feel more like a runner again.