Dump run

12.31k
Start 15.18

Zoo 16 + firewood finding

13.55k
Start 8.33

Ollie X 2

9.38k
Start 12.56

Horses and Ollie

15.06k
Start 11.44
I visited Ollie at the start of the run to see what time he'll be coming tomorrow.  Forgot to take a photo.
 

Goats and trees

19.24k
Start 12.26

Zoo 15 + Anna Paulowna

14.01k
Start 11.56

First time long breeks

14.20k
Start 14.42











Really chilly east wind had the temperature feeling as if it was under 0 rather than the few degrees above that it actually was.  First time running with long sleeves and leggings this season. 

Bovenkarspel Cross

7.22k
Start 10.17

Today's cross was just under 4.5k. My average speed was faster than last week so I was pleased with that. I also kept up with the black ponytail who got away from me last week so she did an excellent job of pacing me! She of course had no idea that she was doing this. But she looked pleased when I thanked her at the finish line for pulling me along in her wake.

Mist & sand

16.83k
Start 13.25

Allotment

9.89k
Start 16.02

Thorn eating sheep

12.93k
Start 8.39

Wieringewerf Cross

9.12k
Start 10.41

My trail run was... uneventful really. Which is actually not a bad thing sometimes. The threatened rain didn't happen during the women's run (holding off till the men's event started - teehee). I haven't uploaded my Garmin stuff yet but I think I slowed down a wee bit in the second circuit (it was 2 rounds of just under 3k). I certainly spent the last mile with no-one in sight ahead of me, which is always a bit demoralising, so either they all speeded up a lot or I slowed down. 
But I still ran significantly faster than I do when running alone so even when the competition is out of sight it somehow has an effect. My conclusion is that running with others occasionally is good, even for fairly uncompetitive folk like me. It spurs me on to achieve speeds I am unable to spur myself onto. (I'm possibly the laziest runner evah.) I overtook a few folk at the start and was overtaken by a few more (different ones) later but most of the distance was just a steady push, moving, as almost always, from a feeling of 'why do I do this? I can't run this fast for the whole distance, who am I kidding that I can run?' to a more relaxed 'oh, it's because I can actually do it, I'll be fine' later on. 

More Lidl, more beach

9.66k
Start 9.10

Lidl + beach

14.97k
Start 8.09

Reflective run

14.34k
Start 15.29

Trawling along

15.98k
Start 13.24

´t Kuitje + bees

13k
Start 15.44

Garden centre visit

12.68k
Start 9.54