Made the effort to go out for a run while on a work trip to Bournemouth on Friday morning. This was actually my very first run away from home. Hard to believe but normally travel for work ends late and meetings away start in the morning so not much opportunity. Add to that my useless sense of direction and I've never had the opportunity/confidence to run while I'm away.
Anyway, thanks to Pianism and her photo of Bournemouth sea front I made the effort, and there was no chance of getting lost unless I went north into the cliffs or south into the sea!
I set off from the Premier Inn and the 5 min warmup walk took me to the beach. It was a bit chilly. I could tell because all the non-runner people I passed were wearing big coats with hoods up and hats! Even the runners had leggings and jackets on. I looked a bit conspicuous in shorts and short sleeved top. What can I say, I live in Norfolk where it's warm so I was unprepared.
Lovely run east for 4 km towards where the sun should have been, if it hadn't been so cloudy. Quick stop for a photo and back westwards. OMG that wind blowing off the sea right towards me! I didn't notice it on the way out but running into it was hard work.
Also hard work was the Toft Zig Zag at the very end of my run. I run hills at home, some quite steep, but zig zags are a psychologically different kettle of fish. You can't see beyond the next zig so can't tell how many more zags there are to the top. I confess I stopped just over half way up, to take photos of course. When I started again I passed an elderly couple coming down, they clapped and said well done! That was a new experience for me.
At the top of the path the sun decided to come out for the first time on the run and it was great to finally feel it's warmth 
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week3run1 ✅. 3 x 17 mins with 1 min walks. 
How did your parkrun or (not)parkrun go?
week 2 begins! 
