It's been quite a while since I ran along the canal towpath, maybe even more than a year. Today it was quite wet, with rain falling when I set off & big puddles on the path, but in places the canal was still frozen. I ran from Dowley Gap, near Cottingley.
My intention was just to go for a steady run, it was quite pleasant once I got used to the cold & having wet feet. There were few people around, just the odd dog walker here & there & a couple of other runners. I set off through Bingley & past the 5 rise locks, then to Riddlesden, before turning round a couple of km from Silsden where the path becomes very muddy.
As seems to be inevitable when I run alongside the canal, I try to run faster on the way back than I did on the way out. Even though I'd gone at a fairly easy pace on the outward leg (a few seconds under 5 minutes per km), once I turned around I found myself running 20-30 seconds per km quicker. Whilst this was still a fairly comfortable pace, it's a bit faster than I do most of my steady runs. In total I ran just under 20k.
Less than 2 weeks now to the Brass Monkey half marathon. I'll probably do the Peco cross country on Sunday, to get used to racing again, as I've not raced since before Christmas.
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