With a long walk tomorrow, today’s walking would have to be a short. Being a Saturday, part of that would be a parkrun, in this case, Sutton Park. I had a bit of a lie in leaving home around eight and rolling up at Banners Gate car park around 08:20. I decided on a mile…
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Who was that woman?
It was a cool misty morning as I pulled into the Banners Gate car park. Unusually late for me on a Saturday morning and the sun was already up if somewhat obscured. I normally start my Saturday long walk sometime around five but with only seven miles to achieve before parkrun, it was gone half…
100 Laps
Following on from last weekend’s marathon and pondering on the fact that my average pace was around 14:50 on undulating terrain, I wondered how far / fast I could go. Over a short distance, such as the weekly parkrun, I can manage sub 12 minute miles – but that’s only for 3.1 miles. I mentioned…
Charnwood Marathon
It was an early start, but not as early as a lot of Saturdays lately, for a quiet drive to Loughborough or more precisely, Quorn. I parked up at Rawlins College and went inside to register. I had already booked and paid so just had to make myself known and pick up my card. I…
Preparation
Anticipating getting the car back from the garage today, I took a couple of buses to work getting dropped off outside the building. On Saturday, I will be taking part in the Charnwood Marathon . A while ago, in a past job, my gaffer, who has run umpteen marathons, recommended this to me as a…