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| Rabbits playing 'Chicken'........ |
Here are a couple of pictures taken on last Tuesday's run. I'd awoke to thick mist and could hardly see across the lawn when I looked out the window at 6.25am. It was touch and go whether to change into running gear, or go back to bed. I was a teeny bit worried that running in all that moisture might affect my breathing, or harm my chest. It didn't take long to dismiss the negativity, pull on my shorts and vest, drink some coffee and get out the door into the eerie silence. Dawn was slowly breaking and before I'd run a mile I could actually see where I was planting my feet!
Trees and telegraph poles, cottages and cows, brambles and barbed wire gradually materialized from the murk, though the sun was still tucked away in its blanket below the eastern horizon. One of two horses I pass each morning whinnied a welcome as I ran along the lane. A startled pheasant clattered off into the distance. Rooks had already decided it was breakfast time and cawed noisily across the fields. Rabbits played 'Chicken' on the path ahead of me, daring each other to be the last to run away as I approached. I could almost have kicked one of them. Still conscious of the effect heavy mist might have on my breathing I decided 4 miles was enough and was back home, stretched, towelled down and tucking into a well earned breakfast before 8am. I didn't see any other runners that morning......
You are made of iron Old Runningfox, at 6.30 in the morning in shorts and vest, just unbelieveable.I am only 65 but at 6.30 am I would wear track bottom and jumper , gloves as well, a well earned breakfast indeed. Antonio from Otley AC.
ReplyDeleteHi Antonio, forgot to mention I'd a Fastrax thermal base layer under my vest. Also wore a buff, gloves (to protect my hands if/when I fall) and maybe a lightweight beanie. I'm still in shorts but will wear running tights when winter comes....
Deletelooks like a nice day for a run... then very day is a nice day for a run!
ReplyDeleteOctober and misty mornings .....sometimes, in fact very often, go hand in hand
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
I'm not normally a 'morning' person Jan, but must admit to having really enjoyed running aloft and looking down on a sea of cloud tinted pink by the rising sun. I can spend more time taking photos than running....
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