Run number two coming up, after an appointment in Hampstead in the afternoon, I thought I’d run home, to make sure I don’t fall behind on my target kms.
It’s a straightforward route taking one road all the way from Hampstead, through Camden, Euston and then turning off towards home through Holborn and Bloomsbury. At about midday the sun was shining and it was quite warm about 23/24 degrees, and so my sippy bottle of water didn’t last the 2km mark. At Camden Market I bought a pint of freshly squeezed orange juice as a top up. Mmm, running with sticky hands is horrid, as I kept on decanting the juice into the sippy bottle and of course it ran over the sides. Note to self, just buy water next time.
Making my way towards Euston and a very sweaty, red faced, gentleman with a briefcase and pull-along case, asked me if he was going in the right direction for Kings Cross. At this stage he was near Mornington Crescent tube; I explained he taken a wrong turn, so accompanied him back a little way, just so he could see where he should be. I felt quite virtuous, I’d helped a stranger. He thanked me and I continued my easy route home. Then in Tavistock Square in Euston, two ladies couldn’t make head nor tail of a map and they were searching for a small hotel. I offered my services, except I’d forgotten that I am the geographically challenged member of the JCR family.
Flushed with success at rescuing a lost businessman, I looked at the map with utter bewilderment, it was a blown up photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy. The road names were blurred, but the ladies seemed to know their start point. I re-oriented the map and showed them the way to go. At that moment, one of their colleagues turned up and asked them were they were going. I was sending them in precisely the wrong direction. The hotel, whilst not visible, was only about 100 metres from where they were standing. Oops – but they were very pleasant about it and thanked me for trying. Ho hum – lesson learned JCR, quit whilst you’re ahead.
The rest of the run was humdrum and a bit slow, but I had already run over 12km that day, so I wasn’t upset. The signpost says far away, but the kms are dropping. Happy days.
Playlist
Dancing Queen – ABBA
By The Way – Red Hot Chilis
Dreaming Of Me – Depeche Mode
Somebody Told Me – The Killers
I Predict A Riot – Kaiser Chiefs
Hot In The City – Billy Idol
Save A Prayer – Duran Duran
Blasphemous Rumours – Depeche Mode
I Try – Macy Gray
Disco 2000 – Pulp
Avalon – Roxy Music
Tesla Girls – OMD
Oh Woman Oh Man – London Grammar
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight – The Jam
Locomotion – OMD
It’s Raining Men – The Weather Girls
Stats
Distance 6.86km
Time 59:19
Average Pace 8:38
Elevation Gain 13 metres
Alzheimer’s Challenge
Kms Done 1062.27
Kms to Run 955.73
