After a day of inactivity yesterday the comeback of the Newmanator was scheduled for today. Having broken a finger playing hockey he was passed fit to run the Abbey Dash (which was to be his first 10k) a month ago, and decided to warm up by playing a friendly hockey game the day before - and promptly broke the middle finger on the other hand quite badly.
So a month off for the little marketing lad, and me and Hinsley up for action, saw us debating hats/gloves/tights and eventually plumping for all three as the snow started again. A longer version of our flat 5 miler on the canal, achieved by running down towards Bingley to start, gave us 6.7m total. A few quicker bits left Newman panting a bit, but we eventually finished with an average pace of 8min miles, which given the conditions underfoot is fine.
Rang the track this afternoon, but as it's snowbound and on the wrong (well, the right side, but wrong if you're driving) side of the Pennines it looks unlikely we'll bother - so in all probability we'll do some kind of intervals session on the canal. Wore my Innov-8 shoes today which were spot on, and certainly less slidy than the road shoes my chums were wearing.
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