As you can see from the above pic, J and I have discovered the secret to effortless slimming! And that’s with enough chocolate between us to sink the Titanic this week! Nothing like a bit of evening sunshine to boost the self-esteem 😉 I guess a pair of stilts would have a similar if less elegant effect but I’m not sure I could persuade J onto a pair of them much less anywhere near a camera!
With Otterburn’s No Ego Trail Challenge just around the corner, this was more of a leg stretch as we’re both still planning on going, and both sporting niggle potential injuries – J’s got a gippy muscle right at the top of her thigh which is just what you want for running with on rough terrain. We took her dogs out down by the river – ran 1km down and then walked back to the cars. I’ve never really thought about how far a kilometer is – the distance is only something I’ve really tracked when running, when walking I never really think of the distance I’m covering as I usually just have to get wherever I’m going regardless, so I’ve only tracked it when doing legs of Hadrian’s Wall with X. It took us 8 minutes to travel the 1km at a jog, and 19.5 minutes to do the same distance back – quite a noticeable difference in pace, which is always reassuring as there’s been times I’ve felt my quiet jog speed is not actually much quicker than a brisk walking pace!
Blue Runnings 