Altitude: 5m/ 18ft
Temp: 2°C/ 36°F
Weather: Cold wind with sleet flurries
Today is scheduled for a nine mile run, but as we'll be off the beaten track Saturday I swap for Saturday's 9 mile pace run as keeping up the required pace is easier on familiar territory. It won't be easy tonight however as Inverness has had snow on and off all day and the evening conditions are windy with sleet showers. At least the snow has not stuck around on the road and after warming up by jogging through town I up the pace on the road out to the A9. Once on the highway I continue northwest to the Kessock Bridge where the wind is pretty stiff from the east before I reach relative shelter for a stretch on the Black Isle.
I opt for a new stretch tonight, taking the side road from the A9 down towards North Kessock where I hit familiar territory in continuing under the bridge and up the steep slope onto the east side of the highway. From here I get buffeted by the wind returning over the bridge before I complete the target mileage by taking Longman Road home, ending the 9 miles in a few seconds under the target time. A little slower than recent pace runs but OK given the wind and a bit of up down en route.
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