Day 5 - C2C

Day 5 - Coast to Coast - East Didsbury to Hale, Liverpool. An early start, in which we had planned to get the train from Winsford to East Didsbury, then on arriving at Winsford train station found that the trains were cancelled. So off back home and waking the family up, then having a lift to Crewe, thanks to Deb and kids x x x. Train from Crewe to East Didsbury, arriving at 9:30, a call in to Tesco's for some supplies then off we went, full of REDBULL and pain relief. It rained from start to finish, with only a few dry spells, too warm for the coats so toughed it out in t-shirts. After leaving the roads we got on the TPT and onto a very long and straight lane which got us covered in mud once again. (time to wash the bike yet again). The running pace today was surprisingly faster, which may be down to the REDBULL or the fact that we knew it was the last long day. We went from not looking forward to the run to actually enjoying the run and forgetting about all the pain. We split the running into 10 miles each then 5 miles each we worked quite well, and also meant you could push the last 5 miles run. As we got into Warrington and Liverpool and paths got more and more covered in water. After skipping past most of the puddles Dave (Awesome) decided to run through them which actually help clean his legs. After a quick phone call to Dad we decided to meet just after Runcorn bridge which would be the 30 mile mark. The route after going under the bridge had (unlucky for Dave) a lot of steps to take the bike down. I of course ran on ahead and left him to deal with it. We met Dad soaking wet and covered in mud yet again, but at least this was the last big day. Tomorrow is only 13 miles. John n Dave