Long run 2:52:00 [3] 14.0 mi (12:17 / mi)
ahr:164 max:186 shoes: Integrators
Man - what an epic! Set off from Bridge of Allan, up through Mine Woods, Cocksheugh reservoir, to the top of Dumyat, then down and along the Ochil 2000s route backwards for a bit. After multiple wardrobe changes the weather set in halfway up to the col and after that stuck firmly at minging. The cloud was down, so I actually had to navigate with OS map printouts, which I hate, and which at the crucial moment decided to get really soggy and leave me struggling! Definitely made it to the top of the next hill but by then it was very windy and i could barely see 20 metres, and so dropped off a safer way then I had planned over Mickle something (now too blurry to see!), over a spur to Cairn House, and then along the road to Blackford where I wolfed down a grotty Sunday lunch in record time. Got out my phone to text Rob and it was soaked everywhere and distinctly not working. Ooops.
Running 15:00 [4] 2.1 mi (7:09 / mi)
Then started to walk to Gleneagles via Blackford, realising after ten mins of not making serious progress along my map that I didn't have the time to walk it. Cue running in all my warm gear, minus a bra that got taken off because it was sodden, with all the short cuts rendered useless - the first field too overgrown, the second full of bulls. I made it with three minutes to spare, the final 2 or 3 mins running at proper legging it pace. I seriously thought I was going to vom!