Walking on Water
My plan yesterday, was to get up early and head out for a long run. As I intend to run home from work next week, I need to confirm that I can still cope with the longer distances. Also I wanted to try out running with a rucksac, so I can get the necessities home, and try wearing a waterproof. I'm concerned that I will overheat like crazy if I wear anymore than a flimsy t-shirt but if it chucks it down while I'm on my way home I don't want to risk freezing to death either - military planning required!
Anyway, I logged on to the computer first thing and started to have a little play around with the structure of my blog. This is always a fatal move. I end up making everything 10 times worse and then spend the rest of the day desperately trying to back track and get back to where I started. All in all, I must have spent about 15 hours messing around with it yesterday. Hopefully I'm in a better position now but I know that movabletype needs upgrading again and this is hanging over me like a dark cloud.
I managed to take a break at 4pm and I kitted myself out with my new luminous Gore running shirt, sprayway windproof and Asics Barrios backpack. It had been raining all day but had finally stopped by the time I went out. My planned route along the river was scuppered immediately though as the entire riverside path was submerged under a raging Thames. Pity I forgot to pack my phone or I could have illustrated my futile attempts to walk on water.
I ran along the road for a while and then tried to reach the river route again at this side of Chiswick bridge, a dog walker cut me off this time with tails of flooding mayhem. I finally managed to get down on to the river at the far side of Chiswick bridge and had a fairly clear route to Kew. I'd left it so late that it was getting pretty dark and I can't say I enjoy running alone along trails at night. Came across a load of runners though - far more than I usually meet on my morning runs.
Obviously I chose to run back along the roads for safety and this meant I covered a fair portion of my planned commute home. All in all it wasn't a bad run at all. The gore shirt is very lightweight and ultra breathable even with the windproof on top I felt ok. I was wearing a cap as well and I think this caused me to get a bit hot under the collar by the time I finished but I feel well prepared for next week now.
Comments (7)
Thanks for posting at my place, just had a browse through your blog. Great stuff by the way :) will be back for more.
Posted by Phil | January 7, 2007 1:29 PM
Looks like a good route :-) the backpack looks smart. I have tried running with a bumbag thing a few times - but as soon as I put my water bottle in it, it bounces way too much. I might need to get me a running backpack at least I can stop drinking out of puddles on long runs then ;-)
Posted by joggerblogger | January 7, 2007 1:56 PM
Hi - Tried posting a comment, doesn't seem to work :-(
Posted by joggerblogger | January 7, 2007 2:04 PM
I managed to retrieve everyones comments out of the spam box. That Akismet does a good job of stopping spam messages getting on to my blog but it seems to work by putting everything into quaranteen.
Posted by Angela | January 7, 2007 4:40 PM
I've been wanting to try running home from work but I've got too much stuff to carry and haven't managed to think of a way round it yet.
Nice to find a new blog to read and thanks for visiting my blog :-)
Posted by jogblog | January 7, 2007 5:27 PM
Thanks for the comment. I see you are a gear fanatic as well!
Take care and good running...
Posted by esondag | January 7, 2007 9:28 PM
Thanks for visiting my blog! Always good to find other like-minded souls in the blogosphere!
Posted by celeste | January 8, 2007 11:41 PM