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.
Cold but quiet
December 8th, 2010Frosty Fritham
December 6th, 2010As we left the end of the M27 on Sunday morning the fog cleared and we arrived at SOC’s Fritham event under beautiful blue skies. There was still some ice around but it had generally softened sufficiently so as not to be dangerous. Christine took Emma and Duncan round the white course whilst I did the brown. I really enjoyed the course. It was well planned with a good mix of long and short legs and well chosen control sites. Fritham is a delightful area to run round and Steve Keyes (at least I think that’s who it was) pushed me round the second half of the course which added to the fun. Typically, I finished to discover that Jonathan Crickmore had taken nearly five minutes less and the gap between us was then filled by the usual suspects as the day progressed pushing me down in to fifth place in the final results.
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Playing catch-up
November 30th, 2010I 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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Running with supporters
November 23rd, 2010It was busy getting in to Southampton for tonight’s run which was a good indicator that the Saints had a match on. We ran Itchen Bridge which meant dodging the supporters on the way over the bridge (and a road closure meant we took another detour this week). I don’t know if Brighton is an unruly bunch but there seemed to be a large police presence as we headed back up through town.
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Police detour
November 16th, 2010My legs didn’t feel too bad for tonight’s run despite the weekend’s exertions. If you look closely at the route you may see a bit of a detour prior to our entering the Sports Centre. This was to go round the police tapes where a body had been uncovered earlier in the day – the second to turn up in Southampton this year…
Original Mountain (and Road) Marathon
November 6th, 2010I’m still not sure how it happened… Neil stepped down as my OMM partner so I asked Roderick. Roderick said he wasn’t as fast as Neil so we wouldn’t do as well on the B. So how about we do the A instead? (He had some excuse about qualifying races for the Tour of Mont Blanc.) I said ‘yes’. It was on this basis that we found ourselves racing to the start on Dartmoor near Okehampton last Saturday. Sadly we were eight minutes late having been held up, firstly by the buses going to the far start, and then by the queues for the toilets!
Guessing game
October 24th, 2010I 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.
Cup Final
October 24th, 2010Last weekend was the final of the CompassSport Cup up in the Peak District. We’d spent the night before with one of Christine’s cousins giving us the chance to meet the latest arrival in their family. Christine was off first and I was going to take Emma and Duncan around the white course but was told that I couldn’t go out on the area before my run. With no string course either we just wandered around the sunny but cold assembly area aimlessly until a long overdue Christine finally reappeared.
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