Yesterdays plans kept changing with Plan C eventually coming into action due to this 'nice weather for ducks' rain we keep getting! Originally (Plan A) we were planning a night away in the van either in Borrowdale or Honister, where P could go bouldering and I would probably go for a run, but the forecast changed and looked less good so we planned for Plan B which was bouldering at St Bees after work, and I'd get a short run in at lunch.
Well I got that short run in in the rain (3.0 miles, virtually flat) but the rain continued in the afternoon, so St Bees was pointless. We headed straight home and Plan C came into action as I decided on another short run with a hill this time, while P got a session in on the garage wall.
Just went for a run up to the edge of Miterdale forest on Irton Fell, and back, a nice up and down of 3.25 miles, took it steady on the climb, and wasn't too slow looking at previous runs, and then concentrated on the descent as it was very wet and slippy. Unfortunetly I was concentrating so hard on the ground that I failed to see a broken tree branch until I was unceremoniously dumped on my backside in the mud! I had no idea what had happened at first and just got up laughing and then realsied that my head hurt and that I could feel a trickle of warm fluid running down the side of my face!
Luckily, as I know head wounds can bleed badly, I didn't panic too much and I also had a red t-shirt on which turned out to be a bonus!! A brand new shirt now covered in dark brown mud and blood!! I managed to stem the flow with my shirt and trotted back to the house, giving the local kids in the street a bit of a fright! I have a lovely bump and ragged cut about an inch and a half long on my head! Luckily it seemed to close up fairly well over night so I haven't had to come to work with a bandage on my head, but dug out an old bandana to wear a la 1970's!
I think I'm going to have a rest day and break a match stick!
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