RunLEJOG, a family walk and fancying a new route

[CBDB]

📍My RunLEJOG SELF is almost at Exeter, so a few runs more to make it out of Devon and into Somerset!!!

🥾A big progress was an exploratory long walk which I did with hubby and son on Sunday, trying to walk a circle route that would get me to a 10k circle run. It didn’t prove to be a route I like, as there was a long stretch of road without pavement.

🎧 This would mean I’d have to stop the music and be that attentive road user rather than the blissful music-listening deaf-to-the-outer-world runner.

🚧 It’s not going to happen, so back home I found myself a new handsome contender of a route via the magic of search engines, online maps and the Footpath app.

It involves a 1.5k stretch on broad pavements alongside a Main Street (this is the ugliest part of the route)🛣; then a 2.5k stretch along another former rail-line 🛤 with a nice pub at the end🍺; than another 3.7k alongside a heritage canal 🛶 with another even more famous pub at the end 🍻; then a smattering of a few kilometres cross some well trodden tracks 🐾👣(passing another one of those famous Cheshire pubs 🍺); bringing me back to the not so nice road but with a broad pavement leading me the last 1.5k back home.🏡

🏃🏻‍♀️🤤Honestly, I’m drooling as I write this and can’t wait to try it. I am on my 2nd week of JuJu’s Magic Plan, and this route I’ll likely be running out and back, one day this direction and another day that. And when getting close to 5k one-way, I’ll make the jump and just carry on to finish the 11k loop. I’ve walked a part of it before, so I’m thinking this might become my new favourite! Of course, only if I am courageous enough to face the main road....

...but even that road will not keep me from my future beloved route!

🚗🏃🏻‍♀️🏠🏃🏻‍♀️🚕🏃🏻‍♀️🚙🏃🏻‍♀️🏘🏃🏻‍♀️🏎🏃🏻‍♀️🏚🏃🏻‍♀️🏡

❤️ My husband just told me off for saying I’ll love this route before even trying it, so I’ll settle for fancy-ing this route. He better watch out for this new route in our lives!

🥾👟👞And back to our lovely Sunday family walk: we were almost back home when I realised that this walk with our teenage son is probably the first substantial walk I did with the family since at least 3 or 4 years, as before I had started running, my back would have killed me after 20min. Running really gave me back so much more than just running.

Thank you! 😊🙏☺️

[Mum22boys Graduate10]

Great post CBDB. Enjoy that new route, it sounds great, I do love an old railway line

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Mum22boys]

Me too! 🙏☺️

[David_G]

Sounds lovely CBDB Finding new routes to explore is all part of the fun of running and LEJOG!

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to David_G]

Absolutely! First thing I think about on a weekend morning! 🙏☺️🏃🏻‍♀️

[Blossom- 60minGraduate]

Sounds like you found a good solution! Well done on Lejog, you're in my neck of the woods 👋

[CBDB Graduate10 in reply to Blossom-]

Hello 👋🏽! I’m waving!

[Overweightandunfit]

Although only walking at the moment I am constantly trying out new routes and it's great fun. Hope it meets your expectations when you try it - I'll be looking for the post!