I'm settling into a weekly routine, which isn't necessarily a good thing. I've run the same route the last three Tuesdays, which is good for comparing data, but I think perhaps I ought to be mixing it up a bit. When I get home from work there's no time to figure out a new session, so I should think it out in advance.
It's not that I'm getting bored of the route yet - I quite enjoyed my run tonight, which no doubt contributed to my best time recorded for the route, even though I wasn't going for it, and despite a little 'incident'.
It was quite dark, as I'd got home a bit later than usual. There's one stretch of road which I need to cross between cars parked along both sides, and what with the dark and the glare from car headlights I picked a gap where there was a small concrete bollard...
I could swear that bollard was never there before, but of course it must have been! I was very lucky in that I went flying over it but landed on a (parked) car bonnet without injury - even to my pride, as for once there was no audience!
I had to laugh.
I was thinking about a thread on the Good Run Guide forum about running etiquette - specifically about acknowledging fellow runners. I generally manage a little wave or at least a nod, occasionally a word or two. I was therefore on the look out for other runners to test out the theories espoused on the forum, but only saw two. One was on the other side of a busy road, running in the same direction, so wasn't really 'acknowledge-able'. The other was a young lady running toward me on the other side of a less busy road. Now, I have stated that I get more response from older, male runners, so was not too surprised that she blanked me. It may of course simply have been that she didn't see me, or didn't see my smile and wave. It often seems that women run (and walk, for that matter) with their heads down avoiding eye contact, or is that just when they see me coming?! It may be that she took fright!
I learned yesterday that Sunday's race incorporated the Midland Masters 5 Mile Handicap. I had a look at the results, and I have to confess that I was bewildered by the handicapping system. It's got me thinking, though, about perhaps joining Midland Masters AC as my first claim club. I'm not sure whether there's any waiting period or eligibility suspension, and if so, whether this applies to individual or only team competition. I'm not even sure whether I'd get the usual discount on road races, without which I'd only benefit from entry to an occasional extra event, unless I suddenly decide to start doing Track and Field.
Not much in the way of races coming up. I'll probably do a couple of parkruns, maybe including Leeds again if I visit my mum next weekend.
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