My Silsden to Rodley run on Sunday with Sharon & Lisa turned into Silsden to Apperley Bridge! The train journey turned into a car journey and dropping Sharon at Saltaire put the tin hat on it! So.... Lisa miscalculated the mileage which meant we didn't need to run to Rodley as this would have raised our mileage by a bigger percentage than necessary, Gill (good friend and fellow runner who works at Bfd Interchange) informed us that the train from Shipley wasn't until much later than we'd planned to set off so we had to get a lift by car, not nearly as exciting (it's years since I've been on a train!) but very much appreciated (thanks Steve)!
The run went very well, the sun shone on what was essentially a very cold and frosty morning - the canal had a thin covering of ice which provided much amusement as I watched the swans bobbing up and down trying to 'swim' through it. What seemed no time at all we arrived at Saltaire where Sharon was to depart as she hadn't wanted to do the full distance. I think this played some part in the depletion of my morale during the final 4 or so miles, I now know how those runners felt at Nottingham when they described what it felt like when the people completing the half marathon turned off to their finish and those doing the Marathon had to carry on! I felt more and more tired as I approached Apperley Bridge, I have never been so happy to get back to the car park at Rawdon Meadows!
Once back though I was happy with the realisation that I had completed my longest run to date and am now looking forward to raising the game further this coming Sunday!
Thanks to this week's star donaters - Helen, Sue and quite a few customers at work filling in my sponsor sheet - it's all good!
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