The Longrun Ruffle

Day off, 7.40 a.m. blowing a hooley, chilly, half asleep and I climb into my car wishing my long joggers weren't in the wash and that I had put a long sleeve T shirt on. Light is brightening the sky and I have been awake for a while, long enough to have had breakfast but I'm wondering why i had agreed to this. And, then Ali greets me with her beaming smile and within seconds we're giggling over how silly this is. We can barely make headway against the wind but we're determined and once we turn a corner the wind drops a little and we're off.
I have lots of running partners, most have two legs but as I posted here last time one has four. My runs with each of them are very different and this I like. I get bored very easily and I like the different routes and different styles very much. Today we are following Ali's running schedule which has us running for three minutes and walking for one which we do whilst we cover almost 4.5 KM.
I particularly like running at Longrun Meadows as it's a series of crisscrossing trails on the edge of Taunton. The trails are soft underfoot and easy on the feet and knees, especially so today as it was particularly muddy in places. Generally the people are friendly and pleasant and today the many dogs were completely uninterested in us!
I particularly like running with Ali because she makes me laugh. She always makes me laugh. We put the world to rights. We have a good moan. We compare ailments. And most of all she always makes me feel good. We meet again in a fortnight when the schedule should see us running for 6/7 minutes and walking for one. We plan to start Parkruns at Killerton in March and when the weather is a little more stable and kinder we are going to walk/run the Bridgwater to Taunton Canal. There Ali, it's in writing, we have to do it now!!!