Pleased with myself today as did my longest run since the Edinburgh marathon in May. It was silly not to take advantage of the rare nice sunny conditions. I did one of my fave long run routes which was down to the seaside at Portobello. I even did a half mile along the sand which unfortunately lead to getting said sand in my trainers. I had a pretty good pace going for the first half of my run and there was a nice atmosphere at the seaside with people sensing the presence of sun came out to wander along the promenade. On the downside a lot of these people included young couples with buggies and assorted little people dawdling around (I am not the maternal type). This created a bit of an obstacle course for me and coupled with quite a strong head wind on my journey back, my pace dropped a bit.
Was actually surprised at how comfortably I managed over 9miles and am having serious thoughts of going in for the Glasgow half marathon to see if I can improve on my time. Having said that it costs about £25 minimum to enter and I have no money. I thought running was supposed to be a cheap sport!
Stats:
distance: 9.5miles
time:1hour 26mins
Avg Speed:6.6 mph
Avg Pace: 0:09:02
calories: 1024
buggies almost run into: about 10
The 'Powers That Be' have twiggef on to the fact that there's money to be made from running. I entered next years Great Manchester Run a few weeks ago and it cost £35 - for a 10k run! No reductions for the unemployed either.. the greedy b******s!
ReplyDeleteWell done on today's seaside run.
Misread your title and thought you were budgie dodging!! ;)
ReplyDeleteReading your post it only just occurred to me that buggies are never a problem for me...but then running with a brindle staff cross usually makes them leap out of the way dragging their little monsters with them. Bliss!
ReplyDeleteGet thee to a rescue centre :)