New name

Think we should rename the blog 'Rodders & Dave are rubbish!' as we appear to have lost the ability to blog on a regular basis!
Last week's exploits after the reps from hell included a 60 minute bimble on Friday in which Rodders & I met in the carpark of Sainsburys and then did 30 minutes out 30 minutes back along the fallowfield loop (which isn't actually a loop is more of a straight line really but who cares about semantics!?!?!?!)
Was a good run, couple of stretchy breaks, very achy back and hip for Dave but generally enjoyable.
Sunday was long run - 90 minutes at sub 11 minute pace. Decided to go early due to family commitments for Dave and work commitments for Rod. We ran along the canal up to Salford and bimbled around the Quays. At 1 mile we discovered an odd lump on Rodders' 2 mile leg which freaked us out a bit but we decided to carry on an see if it got worse/better. At 2 miles it was still the same but after that Rod stopped moaning about her achy 2 mile leg meaning we subsequently forgot we needed to check if the potentially life threatening lump was still there (health & safety first - whoops!)
Have to say Bill Oddie would have been proud of us on this run - we were in twitchers heaven! First, we were stalked by a heron for most of the canal route and then encountered a rather cumbersome looking swan on the bridge at the Lowry. Also came across the lesser spotted moaning runner (aka Dave & Rodders) at regular intervals due to the early start/general climate/aches/pains moans that we manage to grumble about every time we go running and even at one point came across the 'everything I put in my mouth gives me stitch' bird (Rodders) at 4 miles when I foolishly gave her an energy gel!
Haven't had chance to download the Gremlin yet (too busy bopping to Bjorn Again and Heather Small for that malarky) but am sure most of the run was sub 11 with the mile before last dipping to sub 10 for the most part (Sorry Rodders, my energy gel must have kicked in big time).
This week we're making it up as we go along as the stupid people at Runners World haven't posted the new programme. I'm doing bonkers speedwork tonight - 1 minute sub 10 minutes with 30 seconds rest x 10 x 2 - don't know about Rodders!
Later
Dave x