A well-timed run over Buck Hill and the Outwoods: starting as one shower was fading away, and getting back home a few minutes before the next heavy shower started.
Noticed running footsteps not far behind me just as I started the long, gentle climb up the footpath to the Outwoods. I thought, "They will soon be past me", so was rather surprised when, as I continued up the path, the footsteps gradually faded into the distance. I glanced back as I went through the gate into the woods, and saw that it was a young lady, now a good 20 metres behind me.
Two possible explanations for her not coming past me:-
1. She was concerned that one of us might be an asymptomatic Covid carrier, and might pass it to the other one.
2. I have retained a smidgen of my old uphill speed (given the total time for the run, I certainly haven't retained much overall speed; not that I was ever very fast).