Today I cobbled together last Thursday's route home from the office and Saturday's home from Cannon Hill parkrun to make up what I thought would be a fairly tough but pleasant 7.6 miles.
I left the office just a little earlier than on Thursday, and immediately wished I'd left it a while, for the temperature to drop a few degrees and for the traffic to die down a little. Once I was across Belgrave Middleway the traffic eased, with the exception of foot traffic in Cannon Hill park, where there were hordes of locals out enjoying the sunshine (and why not?). Highbury Park was much quieter for some reason (could it be the 'water features' make so much difference?), and then the roads through Moseley and home were pretty much normal.
There's quite a testing hill from the river Rea up Dad's Lane, through Highbury park and continuing up Alcester Road, peaking, appropriately, at the junction with Hill Crest Road. After that it's largely downhill, particularly the half-mile long College Road, but with a last little tester about a mile from home.
I felt good this evening, at peace with the world (well, most of it), and running for fun.
I definitely intend to have another go at Brueton parkrun this week, and I'm already starting to get my 'race head' on!
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