Looking back on the day as I sit here towards the end of the evening, my run this morning seems like an age ago.
I had sat looking at a business challenge from a fresh perspective (anything rather than run) whilst I tried to coax myself out of sleep with a couple of quadspressos. Ironically the reason for my eventual departure was that I got so high on the fumes from the marker pen I was using, that I had to get some air!
Extending the fresh perspective into my route, I headed down to Worlds End and out along Rocky Lane to the viaduct.
Passing underneath I ran to the fish ponds, with it’s fishing men and deep run-off area…
… and then on to the London Road at Fairplace Hill before running out around the ring road.
It never fails to amaze me that the ring road wasn’t designed to have a pavement, particularly as there is a sports centre half way around. I ran on the verge, where there was one and otherwise on the road, until the point where the local council has installed a cinder track in the field adjacent to the road.
At the point where the ring road joins the London Road again, I continued straight on, across the fields…
… to the Keymer Road and a short run home again.
7.85 miles in 1.18 gives a speed just over 6mph.
Today was a normal Sunday chore day (not all of which are really chores, of course) but this evening we went to the Fountain in Plumpton to watch an awesome new band called Plain English. A random guy, standing listening in front of us by the entrance to the packed pub, summed up how good they were in a really most eloquent way: ‘Plain English, you say? They’re the dogs b*****ks!’
And you can’t say it plainer than that!