A Different Route!

I had to leave work early today, so decided to make the most of the extra daylight by taking my kit to the office and running home.

Avoiding the more direct route which follows a very busy arterial road, I used a 7.9 mile route I'd run three times back in September, mainly on the canal towpaths.

Running through the city centre it's hard not to go quickly, and leaving the centre along the canal there are several short steep downhill sections beside the locks, where it's easy to let gravity take over and accelerate down, with flailing arms as air brakes! I could feel the extra strain on feet and legs though, and tried not to overdo it.

My pace varied quite markedly over the run, even compared to previous runs on the same route, but in the end this was the fastest I'd done it by a good margin. Strange considering I had no idea what those previous times were and I had intended to take it steady! Perhaps I need to revise my idea of what 'steady' means!