Mud
8.3 miles in 1:05:18 (PB)
Route: Hampstead Heath circuit 1
I wish the title of this entry was a tribute to 70's glam rockers Mud. In fact, I'm referring to today's conditions - going 'off road' in November is all very well if you have spikes or some kind of JCB catapiller tracks attached to your feet, but if it's just you, the Asics and the elements, you're asking for trouble. I'm amazed, in fact, that I didn't 'do a Peter Simon' (fans of saturday morning TV around my age will understand) more than once, given the conditions. Like an English batsman facing Shane Warne, I was all over the place.
Still, unlike my countrymen at the Gabba, I stayed on my feet and successfully navigated a tricky circuit around Hampstead Heath - also now to be known at the Himalayas, thanks to the ass-kicking hill that you have to run up from Gospel Oak to Kenwood House. I didn't know it was possible to have a pulse rate of 400....
It was another stunning autumn afternoon. I just about got around in the light. The fading autumn light after the storms this morning gave everything a soft, hazy feel. But the rain this morning had churned up the route so that, at times, it felt like I was running along a small stream rather than a footpath. Apologies to all the loaded Hampstead-ites I must have sprayed as I whizzed past. Please don't set your black labradors on me!!
Pleased with the time - a PB. About a minute and a half quicker than last time. I was pretty beat by the end though - didn't help that I had eaten only an hour or two before the run. Never do that by the way. You feel like you are either going to throw up or develop a stitch every other step.
Must be disciplined about building on this. Missed a mid-week run this week with no proper excuse. Very bad. The distance ups to 9 miles next weekend, so I may have a run around Finsbury Park for a change. 6 miles on Tuesday I think.
Route: Hampstead Heath circuit 1
I wish the title of this entry was a tribute to 70's glam rockers Mud. In fact, I'm referring to today's conditions - going 'off road' in November is all very well if you have spikes or some kind of JCB catapiller tracks attached to your feet, but if it's just you, the Asics and the elements, you're asking for trouble. I'm amazed, in fact, that I didn't 'do a Peter Simon' (fans of saturday morning TV around my age will understand) more than once, given the conditions. Like an English batsman facing Shane Warne, I was all over the place.
Still, unlike my countrymen at the Gabba, I stayed on my feet and successfully navigated a tricky circuit around Hampstead Heath - also now to be known at the Himalayas, thanks to the ass-kicking hill that you have to run up from Gospel Oak to Kenwood House. I didn't know it was possible to have a pulse rate of 400....
It was another stunning autumn afternoon. I just about got around in the light. The fading autumn light after the storms this morning gave everything a soft, hazy feel. But the rain this morning had churned up the route so that, at times, it felt like I was running along a small stream rather than a footpath. Apologies to all the loaded Hampstead-ites I must have sprayed as I whizzed past. Please don't set your black labradors on me!!
Pleased with the time - a PB. About a minute and a half quicker than last time. I was pretty beat by the end though - didn't help that I had eaten only an hour or two before the run. Never do that by the way. You feel like you are either going to throw up or develop a stitch every other step.
Must be disciplined about building on this. Missed a mid-week run this week with no proper excuse. Very bad. The distance ups to 9 miles next weekend, so I may have a run around Finsbury Park for a change. 6 miles on Tuesday I think.
posted by Jonathan @ 5:12 PM
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