11th October Carsington canter

With nothing in my diary, a little jolly around Carsington Waters seemed a pleasant way to start a crisp autumn day. So with TOM doing whatever TOM normally does on a Sunday morning I headed off to purposefully plod the path, or part of the path, that circles this man made resevoir.

Under the shadow of the six giant wind turbines on the hillside at Brassington, the trail is what one might describe as undulating. There is nothing too steep and at least the constantly changing undulations are interesting unlike the flat section of the route which are how can I put it, well not particularly interesting or inspiring. And although 5 miles could never be classified in running terms as a 'long run' its enough for me inbetween my organised fortnightly jollies that seemed to be puncuating the calendar till the end of the year. 

There were not many people out at 8am, a few other runners going the opposite way and a very enthusiastic whippet that acted as a running companion for a short section much to the annoyance of its owners, as it failed to respond to their increasingly desperate calls to come back. So rather than complete an entire 7.5mile loop round the resevoir I did an out and back managing to keep in the shade for most of the run. 

Hopefully it is more miles in the bank, rather than further exhausted legs, all ready for the 10 mile Thoresby Leaf Kick next weekend.