It sets off with the first mile being on the old black stuff before going onto Scout Scar! The first mile was constantly uphill but I was feeling quite chuffed with myself that I managed to keep on running!
However, although I knew where I was heading by the time I got on to the top of the Scar it was incredibly foggy.
Then I came upon a herd of cows so went off track to try and avoid them - this is where my problems began! By the time I got round them the fog was so dense I couldn't find my way back on track!
My Garmin watch has a "live tracker" facility on it so I wasn't too stressed as I knew I could phone home and get directions! After running a little further I decided that there wasn't anything else for it I would have to phone home just to see if I was actually going in the right direction! Alas, this wasn't any help as the link hadn't loaded properly so I was on my own!
In the end I decided to keep running and when I heard traffic I headed in that direction knowing that once I hit a road I was safer than being stuck up a mountain! I was beginning to feel ever so slightly stressed about being lost in the fog when I finally came to a road and I knew where I was!I ended up doing 6.71 miles which can be viewed here!
Note to self - don't run in the fog and if I do don't go off track to avoid cows - BE BRAVE!
This afternoon I had a relaxing time watching The New York Marathon on TV! It was very strange seeing the places I had just been to a few days ago, especially the finish line as I had actually run through it earlier in the week whilst on holiday!
This has left me feeling very unsettled and I feel the urge to book some challenging event for 2016 - I just don't know what!
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