With a week to go till the Christmas Pudding Dash, I needed to get some miles in. But, only able to run on Saturday and Sunday, all I could manage was a three miler along the front and back through the town on Saturday afternoon. Sunday came with bright sunshine and blue sky, but by the time I had digested breakfast, dark clouds and a light drizzle had appeared.
I set off to run up Seaford Head to the barn, then down into the Cuckmere estuary and up again at Hope Gap. The most taxing feature of the run was the Cuckmere mud. On sections of the path beside the river I could only move forward at tortoise-like speed.
Fashion notes: for the first time this winter, I felt under- rather than over-dressed. I have a curious head-band that I only put on when it's very cold. It made me look more than usually ridiculous, but kept my ears warm.
Sunday's run was around 5.8 miles. The Garmin's battery gave up after the first half-mile.
