After an aborted run last Thursday (when I turned up to training having forgotten my shorts!), I joined my running club again and ran with them along the South Bank and round Battersea Park. I love this run because it takes in some of the most beautiful sights of London - you get to see the Houses of Parliament, Lambeth Palace, Bankside Power Station, Battersea Bridge and Battersea Park as well as the illuminated Albert Bridge from a distance. Tonight the weather was overcast and stormy - the sky was an angry orange colour and indeed as I was almost back to the changing rooms the heavens opened and the rain poured down! I love running in the rain though so this was no hardship for me.
I ran alone this time, and this is reflected in the time I did the run in, able as I was to knock almost five minutes off the time I ran this same distance in the previous week. I did find it tough nearer the beginning, as I often do, and felt tempted to quit early, but by the time I reached the beautiful pagoda in Battersea Park I felt as though I wanted to run the whole distance. It often takes me a little while to get into my stride, but once I'm there I never want to quit.
I didn't stop at the pub afterwards this time but I am really enjoying running with my club colleagues again and will definitely be making this a regular thing from now on.
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