Best parkrun of 2016

Up in time to grab a light breakfast and drive out to Kingsbury Waterpark. I drove up to the carpark barrier, flashed my parkrun barcode and expected to be let in. “That’ll be £2”“What?”“Haven’t you been before?”“It’s been a while”“We have to charge a couple of quid to cover some of the car park charges!”“Fair…

W to W

W to W – That’ll be Walsall to Wolverhampton. I caught the train to Walsall Station and was surprised to see this on arrival … … The Duchess of Sutherland, a Coronation Class 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive, built in 1938. Now I wasn’t expecting that ! A short walk from the station, had me on the…

To Work

Made my way into work via the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal. I walked as far as Jarvis Way (just after going under the warehouse) before continuing with a Run / Walk trot into work ( 3 min Run / 2 min Walk ). Feeling good – getting into the swing

Water Orton Circuit

First of my runs. Starting off easy with walking / running to ease my body back into running. 5 minutes walking to warm up then 3 mins. run / 2 mins walk 6 times ending up running at the end of 3 miles. Remnants of a recent cold lingering but a lot of yucky stuff…