We were out for a posh meal last night (Box Tree, Ilkley - not really us) so as the diary was more spread out than usual I nipped out for 4 at lunch - slightly quicker than of late where 8:30 miles seem to have become my pace of choice - through the park and out towards Carleton in daylight. Pace crept under 8 min miling, so whilst not even brisk it's faster than normal.
Today I'd arranged to go for a long(ish) slow(very) one with The Herb. Silsden again, but we took Izzy with us this time, as she's got a lot better off the lead. She disgraced herself immediately after we set off by zooming around, but pretty quickly got into a rhythm of trotting and sniffing.
We were (I think) slightly slower than last week to the 3.5m point where we turned round, but there was a definite headwind today. However we hit 4m in about 34 minutes and headed back. It all felt a lot easier, and apart from expending a fair bit of energy shouting at the dog (road crossings mainly) it was a classic easy run - chatting with a mate, enjoying the movement and feeling pretty good.
Back at the car with just over 8 miles done at a tad over 8:30 pace. Away skiing next weekend so I'll go back in a couple of weeks and try to do a 10 miler - which'll be good to get done less than a month after starting.
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