David Currie

Tonight was the first RR10 of the year in which I’m eligible to run. The course at Longdown isn’t a favourite – I don’t mind the undulations, the rutted paths or the tree roots but I do dislike the tight zig-zags and the clouds of midges waiting at the finish. I had no idea how fast to run having only raced once so far this year and only recognising a couple of faces lined up at the start. I probably started faster than I would have done had I not failed to notice my watch was displaying metric rather than imperial! Generally I was pleased with my run though. My legs didn’t suffer any of the tiredness I’ve experienced in past years and I was able to push it right to the end where I cross the line in 11th place.

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First Tuesday night after the clocks change – must be a Six Ponds run from Fritham. It was a good turnout with 14 takers – 12 of which made it round the full route. Despite Neil’s absence (it would seem it’s too far to commute to the forest from NZ!), it was still a fast pace (just under 57 minutes). My legs were pretty tight after Sunday’s half but I still managed a bit of an effort up the hill at the end. It was great to be out in the forest once again.

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This week’s Tuesday night entertainment was the undulating run. Stewart looked to be making a bid to step in to Neil’s shoes, showing us a clean pair of heels as we crossed over the common but it later transpired that he needed to get back for an appointment. Makes me wonder how fast he would go if he was trying! And ‘going strapless’? My Garmin watch strap broke just as we set off. I’m still trying to decide whether to replace it like-for-like, go for the velcro option, or perhaps go for the wrist/bike mount…

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It was Neil’s last Tuesday night run before departing back to the southern hemisphere and consequently he got to choose tonight’s route. It was therefore fairly predictable that it would be the wettest and muddiest of those available: Lordsdale Greenway. The temperature must have nearly been a balmy 10 degrees but for some reason I felt cold for much of the time we were out. Suspiciously, the turnout at the pub afterwards seemed to be much larger than that on the run.

Farewell Neil – Tuesday nights just won’t be as much fun without you!
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It being the first Tuesday of the month, it had to be Sainsburys. Just for novelty, Neil took us on a detour to a pond in Rownhams (I forget the name) to make it the ‘Two Ponds Run’.

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First run of the month – must be Sainsburys. Even the ice on the pavements wasn’t enough to put us off (although the less brave of us declined the scating rink that is the underpass on the Avenue taking our chances with the traffic instead). The cold did, however, seem to keep everyone else off the streets and we missed our usual supporters club as we ran through Lordshill.

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I was on time for tonight’s run but as we set off, realised I’d left my watch sat on the dashboard of the car. I don’t mind running without the watch but I’d rather it wasn’t left in the car on display. The run therefore started with a sprint back to the car and then chasing up Glen Eyre Road after the others. Thankfully they were stopped at the lights for a while so hadn’t got too far ahead. We had a short finish to the run as there was talk of a beer and a curry afterwards. Sadly I was destined for IKEA instead…
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