I hadn't run on a Thursday evening with the London Frontrunners for quite some time and as I missed training yesterday I thought I would run tonight instead, given that I will be doing cross country on Saturday for the first time in two years. As a club we are temporarily homeless on Thursday evenings due to our previous changing gym letting us go, so our Saturday venue (St. Mary's in Paddington) have let us use their changing rooms for now.
Tonight was mild, with damp conditions underfoot although it wasn't actually raining. It was a relatively small group of us, with Simon doing the starting circle. We ran around Hyde Park and I ran with Paul pretty much all of the way, who helped me to run faster than I normally would do as his pace is quicker than mine. We ran one full lap of the park, incorporating two laps of the Serpentine before returning to our start point.
As I ran around the Serpentine I saw it in a whole different light to how it is during the day. The area was deserted and quiet, with a strong breeze whipping up droplets of water from the lake; there was water in the wind. I felt a strong impression of freshness blowing in on the wind and an inexplicable sense of change on the horizon. Maybe I think too much! I could also hear distant drums, which may have been from the Million Mask protest taking place nearby.
I didn't time or measure the run but I think it was about a 10km distance, which was slightly longer than I'd been intending to do. I felt pleased that I had come along and confident about Saturday. We went for a meal together afterwards in KuPP, a Scandinavian restaurant that did excellent food (I had a delectable trout salad) but which had terribly slow service. All in all it was a very pleasant evening.
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