It’s Halloween, and more importantly, it’s the lull between the storms. We have been battered and flooded with the combination of high spring tides and monsoon like rain on the south coast. Canoe lake park is flooded so you can sit on a park bench and paddle at the same time. Our swans can swim right up to the grass, instead of clambering up to the wide tarmac path.
We woke up to blue skies and knew this was our best opportunity to go for a run along the seafront to the Hayling Island ferry and back. UpTheStanley decided he’d run with me and we both downloaded ’A run with Eluid’ on the NRC app, which we started at the same time and would last an hour. So many people were out enjoying the break in weather, with family and dogs. You could smell the seaweed where it had been washed up so close to the prom. Runners acknowledged each other as we passed, grateful to get out on this mild, sunny morning.
On the way out, we didn’t really notice the 13 mph breeze behind us but when we returned back to the prom it was about 20 mph in our face. Although lighter than it’s going to be, this did take some extra effort.
1 hour done, but I kept going until I got to 8k and UTS , who had peeled off earlier, was waiting at the Southsea Beach Cafe with a nice cappuccino.
Another reward for our efforts was a Halloween badge from Mr Garmin 🎃 who doesn’t like a shiny badge?
For the first time, I don’t think I could recommend this NRC guided run. I found it really difficult to hear what the softly spoken Kenyan was saying, and I also got the impression he didn’t always say what coach Bennett was expecting.
Have a Happy Halloween everyone and keep safe when Storm Ciaran come in.
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