6 Jan 2009

just got back from an evening run with a friend from harriers. We were supposed to do 6 miles but did 6.83 in 1.18.25. It was very icy under foot and this slowed us down considerably.
splits were 12.11,11.17,10.21,10.35,11.09,11.43,11.07. This is a fairly hilly route (can't really escape hills in chorley). We set off at 5:45pm from the baron's rest pub in Astley village and made our way carefully along the road to Euxton Lane, turned right towards the hospital and right again into Chorley. Up past Astley park and down Southport road to the roundabout and across past Tesco and into Euxton. Turned right onto Wigan Road downhill then up again fairly steeply past the Italian Restaurant and turned right onto Euxton Lane again up a slight but long incline to the Astley roundabout and back into Astley Village and back to the cars. A good but slow and careful run. Felt exhilirated in the crisp evening air. We could've done it faster if it hadn't been for all the ice on the pavements. Part way round we met up with another group from a local gym and Johnny was trying to get them to join the harriers. We'll see!
That's it for now.