This morning saw me and Dy tackle the hills slowly, one step at a time. After fighting with our respective alarm clocks we each managed to drag ourselves out of bed and arrived at Great Westerford kind of awake and ready to go.
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We decided to tackle an old favourite with a twist: to Stone Church and back, but heading up via Klipper Road instead of Dean Street.
Both of us were in the same boat this morning - good and tired still from running hard at last night's race. We took it slow up the hills and made it to the water point still alive and breathing. Some water to drink and even more to splash on my face, and I felt a huge lot better!!! Drink and a cool-off for Dy, and we were ready to tackle the return trip. Which is downhill and flat for the most part!!
We got lucky crossing over the M3 this morning - over the first part while the robots were still red, and the next bit wasn't heavily trafficked so we were able to dash across there without too much of a wait.
Down Alster and then along past Melissa's, and we had Great Westerford in sight. No sprint-races this morning, we finished at a steady pace.
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Now for a well-deserved cup of coffee, and I'm looking forward to sleeping a little later tomorrow morning. Then on to Lourensford Wine Estate on Saturday to run the Vital Half Marathon (previously called the RWFL/New Balance Half). That's a scenic jog through the vineyards, always a good run, and usually hot enough to justify a quick dip into the dam at half-way (after stripping of just the non-water-resistant valuables/electronics, the idea is to get your running kit soaked through to cool you off for the next km or so of running)
Good luck to those running this weekend - be it a race or a training run. For those not running - have a relaxing weekend and I'll see you all next week.
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