The week felt very short this week having had Monday and Tuesday off. Wednesday was a very wet day and I was drenched when I got to work on the bike. So much so I had to stand in the shower to get my outer layers off and left a trail of wet footprints across the office floor, despite having towelled myself down! Thursday disappeared without a run or a ride as I had an osteopath appointment. My back has been getting stiffer recently and I have apparently a very rigid upper spine. Needless to say after 30 minutes or so with the Osteo I felt 12 inches taller!
At the weekend, our first with no plans for a long, long while, we headed out on the mountain bikes for a local ride. Originally we were going to head to the Duddon or Coniston area but I needed to do a few bits of fettling with my bike, and time ticked on. So we settled on the tracks and trails close to home including a stop at the pump track in Seascale. I’ve never been on a pump track and have to say a bunch of 8 – 14 year olds on bmx’s hanging around was daunting to me! Still I got into the groove, and was having fun. We decided to have one last burn around the track, before carrying on, and P managed to stack his bike on a jump! He came off fairly lightly with bad gravel rash but was otherwise OK. Still, this put an end to our planned route and we pootled back home via the roads.
He had managed to wrench his shoulder and neck which stiffened up quite badly overnight, so on Sunday I got a pass out to go for a run. I timed it well, waiting until after the last shower in the morning and ran up Miterdale to Burnmoor Tarn, Illgill Head, Whin Rigg and down. It was very wet underfoot which made it hard going, but I was happy as I pushed myself hard on the climbs and felt good.
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