Having done last weeks long run this Monday, and then swapping Tuesday with Wednesday, Wednesday changed again. I was going to do Tuesday's hill session tonight, but this morning I decided to take my running kit to work and run home this evening.
I was glad I'd made that decision at four o'clock as we were experiencing system problems at work and unable to get much work done, so I 'clocked off' early. When I got outside I started to think maybe it wasn't so good a decision, as it was HOT! I think someone said it's been the hottest day this year.
Thankfully quite a lot of the first few miles through the city centre and on the canal towpath were in the shade, including the tunnels of course, but leaving the centre behind there was little respite, and by the time I got home I felt like I was melting!
I managed a reasonable time, considering, not that I was racing. The sunshine brought lots of people out onto the towpath, running, cycling, walking, boating, fishing, standing, sitting, drinking, chatting, snogging... and nearly everyone had a smile on their face! The notable exception was an angler who had a moan about the number of people on the towpath and making him have to move his Roach Pole (which was right across the path at a height of about 18 inches). They can be a surly lot, but then they do own the canal, don't they?
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