As expected, we all set out at the usual 5mins/km pace but as we soon hit the muddy fields, the pace dropped off a cliff. Tom only had trainers with him, which are nothing like the trail shoes Ant and I have, so he was struggling a lot for grip. So much so that Ant and I spent a fair bit of time watching him tip toe his way across the fields. And when not tip toeing, he does a good line in mincing too! It didn't help that the local hunt had been out and the ground was soaking wet just about everywhere. Even the stony sections of track were heavily puddled.
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Not that I am without mockery from today's run. As Ant and I were taking Tom out, we were going at his pace for today. So Ant and I stopped for a quick selfie at the top of the first big hill.
Not only do I look a little daft with the double chin and awesome running hair on full display, I also appear to have evil black eyes which the boys suggested makes me look like Jigsaw:
So back to the running. Tom was struggling a lot today, both with his footwear and after a while his knee was giving him trouble too. As he has only been using a cross trainer up to now, he was rather shocked at the difference running across the fields gives. He found the mud to be especially hard work. As such, it would be fair to say that today wasn't a record breaking run. But it did sort of break Tom! I won't put the pace chart up, as it doesn't really show much for today as Ant and I were stopping to encourage Tom on regularly. But the finish time for Tom was 56:11, not a bad go for his first run, and in trainers too!
I was also quite pleased to make the hill back into the village in one go for the first time. I'm not sure how it would've gone if we'd been running at our more normal pace though. I must say it was also rather nice to be encouraging someone else along, rather than having Ant shout at me for once!!
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