Training: Very brief laps of the quayside

I should've got a proper run in at lunchtime today, but instead, I probably did about 4km at most. Once again, I'd worked too far into my lunch break and had little time left before my next meeting. I was in so much of a hurry to get out, I even forgot to kick off Google Fit — hence me not knowing how far I'd run. But I did 2 laps of the Swing Bridge and Millennium Bridge loop. No high fives today though.

You can't tell from the photo, but it was actually snowing lightly when I took this

I really hadn't fancied going out for a run today, mainly just for how cold it was and how cold I'd got on the way into the office. I suspect at lunchtime it was a brassic 0°C, as it was snowing for the duration of my run. Nothing was settling on the salted pavements and the flakes themselves were tiny, but still, it was pretty darn chilly. The fleece was definitely the right choice today.

So, no navel-gazing about my pace or anything today. Just a record of the fact that I did get out. Birthday tomorrow and working from home, so unlikely to be any more running till Friday when I'm back in the office. In fact, now that I think about, there's a work lunch on Friday too, so that's ruled out. Maybe an evening run is what's called for at some point, but I've just seen a "feels like" rating of -9°C for tomorrow morning, so... maybe I'll leave it a day or two. Probably a good moment for an indoor bike session.

As for the weekend, I guess there's a chance of a parkrun, but my main focus will be the orienteering at Simonside that I've signed up for. With any luck, this should be a ranked event, which should help me climb the BOF rankings and contribute towards one of my annual goals. If it's not snowed/iced off, that is. 🤞

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