Running32:14 [3] 6.86 km (4:42 / km) +152m4:14 / km
IW after a morning off with the lad for school inset via Brincliffe, Chelsea, Cemetery, Botanicals. Fueled with two chocolate digestives and a cup of tea approx. 30 mins before. Warm and muggy and had quite a dab on by the time I made it in to the office. Ran slightly slower than an honest pace, but slightly faster than dishonest and felt generally good except for a slight lingering stiffness in my R SI joint. Also felt a slight twinge in L hamstring towards the end. Notable occurances included bumping into Dave Nolan plus three in the Botanicals and slipping on a turd in the Cemetery.
More pole experiments, this time at the Plummet. Ran 5x: 3.53, 4.02 (poles), 3.48, 3.43, 4.02 (poles). Poles clearly slowing me down, but there was a lot of bracken in the way, which rendered them pretty useless for much of the cliimb. Still unconvinced of the benefits.