I finally made it out running on a Tuesday night for the first time this month. Sadly, I drove to last month’s venue (Rufus Stone) and by the time I made it to Fritham everyone had departed. Fortunately, they’re a predictable bunch and, having successfully guessed the route they’d choose, after about 10 minutes of running I finally caught them up. As the sunny afternoon turned in to a wet evening I was glad not to be running out in the dark on my own.
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Guessing game
Sunday, October 24th, 2010Muddy Marathon
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010It was the Clarendon Way Marathon today which runs from Salisbury to Winchester. The weather forecast was pretty dire with heavy rain and strong gusty winds predicted. In the end, there was just a persistent drizzle for most of the duration and you only really felt the wind on some of the more exposed stretches. More of a problem was what the rain had done to the ground: turning the exposed chalk in to a skid pad, creating a mud bath of much of the off-road sections and, in places just leaving wall-to-wall water.
Getting dark
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010It was our last run from Rufus Stone tonight and the last for which we’ll start at 6:30. Despite a prompt start, the fine drizzle meant that it was soon pretty gloomy. We did, however, manage to find Bramble Hill Hotel on the first attempt. Back to Fritham next week and an earlier start.
Pond numbering
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010Unlike last week, it was a lovely evening for a run on Tuesday. As usual I stayed out of the discussion about where we would go but it seemed like Neil and Peter had come to some agreement as to where we would run from Rufus Stone. That didn’t stop us ending up doing two different runs! It all seemed to be down to what you consider to be the forward direction for the Six Ponds run from Fritham. Both Neil and Peter were heading for pond number two but Peter was numbering clockwise (Longcross Pond) and Neil was numbering anti-clockwise (Cadman’s Pool). You can work out from the track below who I was following!
Which two underpasses?
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010Holiday time must be over as numbers had returned to normal for tonight’s run despite the inclement weather. The run was a bit fragmented and there seemed to be a bit of confusion about exactly which two underpasses we were going through as a consequence of which I certainly ended up further west than the one I was intending to use. Thankfully everyone made it back though. Mike had put in a good word for us at the pub and consequently the speed of service was greatly improved!
Testing Way
Saturday, September 11th, 2010On Thursday night Christine, then Emma, then I, had been sick. Although Emma bounced back very quickly, Christine and I had spent Friday recovering and it was therefore with some trepidation that we set off for today’s Test Way Relay. Christine was running first leg for the Southampton Orienteering Club team, starting at Inkpen Beacon. As they had only two women in the team they didn’t qualify as a mixed team and hence she set off with around 15 men (the womens and mixed teams starting an hour earlier). It therefore wasn’t particularly surprising that she came in to the changeover in last place.
Three cricket pitches
Friday, September 10th, 2010With September upon us the venue for Tuesday’s run moved to Rufus Stone and, as is tradition, we made the most of what light remains by doing the three cricket pitches run. I was grateful that Ian M led the run as, quite frankly, I have no idea where I’m going on this route. The Sir Walter Tyrell was thankfully serving beer on this occasion although it did take a prohibitevly long time to get served.
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