Yesterday evening's Ilkley Harriers club run was a tour around the fields above Denton & Middleton. I didn't go out with the fast group as I wanted to save a bit of energy for today's track session.
We had quite a few encounters with the local farm animals. First of all we got to a field with about 50 cows & a rather large bull. They were looking quite threatening & a number of our group were not happy about running through them. Eventually we managed to persuade the cows to go to the far end of the field so we could get past. We then came across a couple of riders on horses. The horses were a bit unsettled by us, but fortunately there were no mishaps & runners & riders all parted amicably. In other fields we came across: goats, sheep, geese & chickens. In addition to the farm animals, there was plenty of wildlife: rabbits, herons etc.
In total we ran just over 12k at a very easy pace, even allowing for the delays caused by the farm animals, gates & stiles, regrouping etc. This evening's track session will be very different indeed. I've just heard that we will be doing short fast reps....should be fun!
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