Bright morning

This morning was bright and slightly chilly… sufficiently so to warrant longs, although the gloves might have been overkill.  Not that I took them off, of course!

I headed out to Ote Hall, past Wivelsfield Church and then out towards what I now know is Wivelsfield Hall.  (I don’t reach it and I’ve only seen what I assume is it from afar)  Then I dropped into Wivelsfield, up Hundred Acre Lane and hung a right into the woods.

Autumn has really kicked in since the recent wind & rain, with many of the leaves on the ground like a gloriously rich & golden mat.  With mud underneath.

At the Common I opted to run to the roundabout, across and then right down the path without crossing the railway line.  This is a very old route that I’d not run for ages and I had forgotten how pretty it is, especially at this time of year.  At the end it joins my normal route and I made it back to the house in one hour, nine minutes.  Overall a pretty slack 7.2 miles at 6.25mph, but a really enjoyable one in the autumn sunshine.

Cliff is trying to persuade me to enter the Prague marathon next year, but at this speed I would probably finish with the 2010 runners.  Oh my, is that another good excuse not to do it?