Well since coming back home I've found it pretty hard to get some running in. Firstly I had a bit of the flu that made me feel a bit crap for the last week or so. I tried going to the gym a couple of times and found I didn't really have the energy. I also found that running on the treadmill doesn't give a very accurate result on the Nike+ while 'proper' running seems much more accurate. I therefore decided to try and do as much 'proper' running as I could and leave the gym for weights (if I can be bothered[!]) and swimming and sauna.
The problem around me though is that there isn't much in the way of tarmacked footpaths next to roads and so I am left with the choice of either running in the fields (which at the moment are soaked and so consist of pretty much just mud) or on the road. I can do a loop around home that is about 3 and a half kilometres however is solely on the road and this isn't exactly ideal.
I went today to Beadnell, a local fishing village a few miles down the coast from Bamburgh. After driving to the car park I set off through the village (on footpaths) and started running towards Seahouses another village. The great thing about this route is that it is completely tarmacked, and all the way you have lovely views of the sea. I only went as far as the first house outside of Beadnell and back- about a 3.5km round trip - but I reckon if I run from Beadnell to the far side of Seahouses and back (the furthest the footpath goes) it will be about 10km. I have tried to 'embed' the route in this blog, so fingers crossed it will have worked!
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So even though I only did about 3.5km today I really enjoyd it. I might go for another short run tomorrow, have a rest day on Saturday and then try to get to Seahouses on Sunday... That's the plan at least!
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