Been busy at work so not really had time to post.

An update: did my impromptu trail run last Friday and I loved it, absolutely loved it. I did some of the trails I normally ride on my bike but in the reverse direction - now I know why I fly along them on my bike, its all downhill, or uphill in the direction I was running . I also learned that you carry no momentum from a downhill into an uphill when running (ha ha, that flummoxed my legs). I did 4.5 miles of very undulating terrain, either up or down, lost of short and steep sections, no flat which is a complete change form what I'm used to. As it wasn't planned I wore my road shoes, they coped ok as it was so dry but I nearly went over on my ankle once so I'll be wearing my trail shoes today.

I did my hillwalk on the Saturday, ribs were fine, felt a slight niggle from my hips and quads from the run but nothing major. Glorious sunshine and clear blue sky when I left Lancashire, when we got to Snowdonia low cloud and strong winds. The climb all the way up Mount Snowdon was in thick clag, visibility was really, really spookily poor in places but we were doing the "tourist" path so it was motorway wide and easy to follow. Could see sod all when we got to the top so had a quick bite to eat then back down. There were the usual hordes on the summit even though the weather wasn't great. If you don't know (why would you) Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales and has a mountain railway line that can take you all the way to the summit (not that day though) so after slogging your way all the way up seeing hardly anyone you top out and there is a swarm of inappropriately dressed people (stilletto heels, mini skirts etc) already at the top talking loudly into mobile phones. The walk was 10 miles in total and just over 3000ft of ascent but not challenging terrain wise and I kept wishing I wasn't wearing my full on walking boots as it felt like I had a couple of anvils strapped to my feet.

Ran 7.2 miles on Tuesday at lunchtime in the heat (about 22C here) doing 6 2 minute intervals in the middle. The intervals were hard due to the heat and I think I boiled myself as I felt out of sorts all afternoon. When I set off my knee was hurting but it seemed to go away, however on Wednesday my hip was hurting and yesterday I decided not to run. Its a little niggly today but a yoga session last night helped so I'm going to chance an offroad run again tonight. I think all the downhill running I did last Friday has upset my body somewhat as I haven't quite mastered the technique for steep downhill running, I try to brake too much which really stresses the quads. Which reminds me, stretch time.