I was really looking forward to getting out on this run with Paul today and we had arranged it weeks in advance. The idea was for a tough hill session. Something that would really test us, would separate the men from the boys. A real blood sweat and tears run. Paul arrived a little bit later and by that time the lure of the XBox had called. With Debbie at work I had the house to myself and took full advantage of it. Well after my chores. ;-)
Anyway in the end our 9am run ended up an early afternoon one, thumbs sore from XBox footy. (which I won). I had had a cold so wasn't full of beans for this and the weather was pretty miserable as well. So I decided to pick the old faithful Stoneymolan route. Something not too hard but also a good intro to Paul for what the Scottish Islands race may be like.
It's a great wee 7.5 mi run behind Alexandria with fantastic views over Loch Lomond when it is actually clear. For Paul and I it wasn't with wind and rain and very wet under foot. I think that Paul recognised the fact that he might need to spend some money on a nice shiny pair of trail shoes. The route down takes in the Stoneymolan Road which is a good downhill section as the photo shows.
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