Glen Dye brown. Really not up for this at all so quite surprised to find that I felt ok running in the terrain. Missed no 9 (despite having gone past it on the way to 8) but otherwise pretty clean. Think I slowed a bit from here on, but generally happy with a steady run out and enjoyed it much more than anticipated.
Running10:00 [2]
Not much of a w-u, jogging to the start. Ambled my way back from the finish with numerous blaeberry stops. Enjoyed a few out on the course too.
Reccying day 1 of the RutH. Looked at the morning 11 miles from the car then got dropped at the lunch spot at Kirkton of Glenisla to run the second half over to Glen Doll (13miles and 800m climb). Pretty tedious start with 1 1/2 h of forest track through plantation. Then gets a bit more interesting when it crosses over to Kilbo and climbs up to the col between Dreish and Mayar before dropping to Glen Doll.
Bit of a grey day but a decent run. Kestrel, hare and red deer from the Kilbo path. The full day is going to be a bit of a beast.
From Bridge of Feugh to Strachan, up past Knockburn then return by Tilquhillie. Nice route, but not really in the mood. That top road's got a nice surface and could be interesting for r-s'ing though...
6 PM
Mountain biking1:10:00 [3]
Made a spontaneous decision to join J on a blast along the DW to get me away from other frustrations. Turned into a nice evening and I enjoyed this much more than this morning. Felt better about the day's effort too.
Meanderings from Keiloch up onto Meall Gorm. Another amazing day. Lots of camera stops and generally being chilled out. Testing out use of walking poles too. Out by the S of Craig Leek then back round from the NW.
Somewhat longer in total.
8 x 3' + 1' round Loch Kinord. Hot. T-shirt dumped before starting. Felt tough but ground it out. Nice leg soak in the wee loch after. LK looking stunning today.