I’ve been running around London this week meeting entrepreneurs: legging it up and down tube escalators and along streets to stay on schedule and managing well most of the time. There were even several days when I collapsed onto the train in the evening and realised that I’d not even stopped for lunch… though I’d had plenty of caffeine instead!
This morning was bright and sunny (though somewhat chilly) and it seemed like a good day to run to the sea… though not from here! Instead I drove down to see my folks and ran my short circuit there instead.
The circuit takes me down the ridge path to Ovingdean, past the church (with a nod to Richard Marsh) and then down to Ovingdean gap where stairs take you down to the Undercliff Walk.
For some reason it was hard work going along the flat Undercliff Walk despite having a fresh wind behind me all the way… though I did stop to take quite a few photos along the way.
At Rottingdean I turned back up the hill and past the windmill to get back up to Ovingdean.
From there it was a short run up to the ridge path and back to base.
Strava estimated the run to be 6 miles in under an hour (you can see the run here), though it was an hour on my watch… an average of 6mph. I suspect that this is considerably more leisurely than my sprints around London, with somewhat fresher air too. Oh, and way less coffee!