Val Doonican

[Bierzo Baggie]

RRR (ran round river)
Nobody about.
So watched the water.
Somewhat enviously.
The reservoir above Ponferrada is full and the gates are open to ease the strain.
Watched slow, relentless water power its way along the wide sections and break into a myriad of merry jigs over rocks and weirs. So easy.
By contrast I huffed and puffed upstream and creaked and groaned on the return journey. My back’s OK when I’m running. The left knee complains occasionally. Is this really what middle-age running is all about?
38 minutes.
6 runs in January.
Perhaps 50km in all.
More on the way I hope.