Back on the Towpath

7.9 miles home from work this evening, a lovely warm evening which brought out all the nutters and weirdos.

Not least the crowd by the canal gathered around two of their ilk scrapping on the ground. I just trotted through their midst, minding my own business and trying not to trip over anything or anyone and avoiding eye contact.

Despite these and others I quite enjoyed the run, taken at a reasonable pace of an average 8:12 per mile.

It's a day off running tomorrow. I may take in the Moseley vs Esher rugby match (hopefully Moseley will do better than on Saturday against Bees). Saturday will be my first parkrun for a few weeks - I've volunteered at the last four in Cannon Hill Park due to other races each weekend and haven't run there since 26th February. If the weather holds I foresee a record attendance. I'm hoping my leg muscles will have recovered sufficiently to break 20 minutes again... who knows, maybe even another PB!

I put my entry in for the Hinckley half marathon yesterday. Joe and I were going to enter Lichfield on May Day, but it was already full, so Hinckley, a week later, was our second choice. We're also thinking about Massey Running Club's Easter 5-miler at Warwick University. It's on a Thursday evening, which will make a change and it should be nice and cool. I have a feeling it's the same course as I did on 2nd January in the Godiva New Year 5.