36 Caterpillar

 

35 Last March run

  Didn't go all the way along to the beach as there was an evil North wind so we just did the circuit along the canal behind the tattie field then round the back of the gasworks. Did a bit of a sprint when the dog was lagging behind to sniff endlessly at something fascinating and wouldn't come when I called so I ran back to him to swear loudly and get him moving again. (This amuses him greatly and he briefly jumps around me like a prancing lion but I can also see in the set of his ears that he knows he's done wrong and he keeps closer to me for the rest of the run home.)

34 Cheating...

 Took the van down to the parking place behind the dyke today as I had to move it anyway and wanted to have a wee test run after getting it back from the garage yesterday.  Met a man with a spaniel who was neither impressed nor intimidated by Ragnar after he slipped his collar to go and have a sniff at him.  Taking the van meant that our run was shorter than usual but I still did a fair bit back along the cycle path before going over the dyke to the sea.  

33 Low tide, low sky

 

32 Spoonbill Square

 

31 Sunrise

 

30 Spring is sprung

No wind

No gloves 

No Buff over my ears.

(No horizon)

(I'm going for the Vogon Poetry award, hahaha.) 

 

29 Behind the Nam

 

28 Mirror Sea

 

27 Sleet and sunshine

 

26 Found water bottle

Rubbish photo but my fingers were still frozen despite the thick gloves.

Found a water bottle I lost a few days ago on the way home.  I''ve since tightened up the pocket on my running belt so that things no longer fall out of it so easily.  

 

25

 To the beach and back.  Totally forgot about photos, although it was a beautifully sunny wind free day.

24 Lost water bottle

 Forgot to take a photo - down behind the NAM and back via the cycle path. 

23 Misty beach

 

 Not a great photo...Thick mist plus gloved finger...

Could hardly see what I was doing for the cold and the mist, which was much thicker on the beach than in town.  

22 Found Gloves

 

Yes, yes, they're odd gloves.  Indicating that their partners have been lost in the past.  But I'm happy I found them back this morning, more or less where I'd expected them to be after letting them fall out of my running belt pouch 2 days ago.  Luckily it's been uncharacteristically non-windy here recently.  

21 Lost Gloves

 

Sunny and cold with practically no wind.  Perfect running conditions.  Lost my gloves after taking them off to make this photo and then not needing to put them back on again for the run home.  Tssk.

20 One Wabbit Run

Felt vaguely wabbit this morning but I had my running breeks on and we went out for our normal jaunt down to the beach and back anyway.  Ragnar was lagging behind at one point and I turned round to see why and saw him retching and drooling yellow and green foam from grass eating.  This is him after I'd wiped what seemed to have come out of his nose away, looking sorry for himself.  (Dogs do this occasionally, he was fine afterwards.) 

 

19 Wet beach

 

Ours was the only vehicle on the parking place for the beach entrance.  I'd pulled my running clothes on this morning but was prepared to abort the run if the rain got too bad.  It was drizzly by the time we got to the car park and I thought we'd at least run up the dyke to get a glimpse of the sea.  By the time we were there it was as good as dry so we ran along the sea shore till the next exit and back along the bike path in the 'hills' back to the van.  Got a bit wet on the way back but nothing too terrible.  

18

 

Uneventful run.  Wind against me on the way home but warmer that it's been lately and I felt sufficiently warmed up to do some sprinty bits in between shouting for the dog to catch up.  

17 Frozen Sea

 

Freezing east wind meant that despite the sun and the just under freezing temperature the edges of the sea had a layer of slushy ice on it.  I noticed some crows pecking at a fresh bird carcass and clambered down the dyke to have a closer look. Very slight squeaking from my lungs on the homeward straight as the combination of the cold and the length of time since my morning asthma drugs started to take hold but nothing too drastic.