The regime has now moved 300 miles west of Norfolk. This represents a transition to the aclimatisation stage of the training. Just as visitors to high altitude destinations such as Mexico City and the Himalayas have to spend time adapting to the thinner air, arrival at Cardiff requires significant exposure to rainfall.However, the new high-point of the week is that I ran all the 6 miles of my return route along the Taff Trail from Llandaff to Bute Park in 1hr 04mn. Well, in the interests of absolute accuracy I stopped for 3 minutes (at the 2 mile point) to shelter from a torrential downpour and I walked up the steps - purely in the interests of health and safety.
The observant reader will recall that I wasn't supposed to do my six-miler until the weekend, but due to a miscalculation on my part, I ran a longer route than planned. Oops..
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Pontcanna fields are great to run through. I used to go there when skiving school (on Cardiff Road, opposite Llandaff fields - I'd mark it on the map if I could!) in the 6th form.
ReplyDeleteAm impressed at the 6 miles! That's as far as I've ever run in my entire life. In one go, I mean.