Sun is shinin' in the sky....

[no-excuse]

Had a lovely weekend away for Easter, staying in London Docklands and making the short journey into the city each day for some sightseeing etc. I really missed dipping in and out of the forum and keeping up with everybody's news. Its surprising what you can miss in so short a time. I missed my parkrun and my Sunday running group run, BUT, but but, I did manage to have an early morning run around one of the docks yesterday! I picked a good time to go, hubby could sense that I was itching to be off on my toes so kit on and off I went. I didn't go far, only about 3 miles but it was a lovely bright morning and it was great to explore new ground. I met a few people running, so 'good mornings' were exchanged and a quick chat to another lady whilst running up some steps to get onto a bridge, all very happy, smiley!

Unfortunately I had forgotten to pack Gavroche (my Garmin) but in a way it made the run nice and relaxing without looking at pace etc, but I do love to have all my stats uploaded after, never mind. Back home now and looking forward to a longer run tomorrow. Hope everyone's had a good Easter and lots of running x

[aliboo70]

"They're ain't a cloud in sight?"!

I didn't get to see much of Mr Blue Sky, was stuck indoors at work but it was still sunny when I left no running today but parkrun sat, and hash harriers run /walk sunday 8.4k walkies tonight then overdosing on cake and choc at Tracys .........

glad you got your run in at london after all

[no-excuse Graduate in reply to aliboo70]

Overdosing on cake and choc sounds good! I was doing that all weekend, plus wine, cocktails and loads of food. I need to run it all off this week! Glad you got your 8.4k done, hope the cross country wasn't too bad x

[Wristy Graduate]

Did anyone say hello back? Not normally many friendly runners in my patch of town!!

[Hidden in reply to Wristy]

Just back from w6r2, lovely fresh morning. Had runners, cyclists and morning dog walkers all saying morning!

[no-excuse Graduate in reply to Wristy]

Yes they did! Runners, walkers, all sorts. My hubby always says I talk to anyone & everyone. I can't help myself....x

[Buffy007 Graduate]

My husband goes out - comes back saying no-one said hello. I go out - everyone says hello. I say to him - did you say hello to anyone, No he says. Why can some people not understand the logic here ..... if everyone waits for the other one .....

Sounds a great w/e.

[no-excuse Graduate in reply to Buffy007]

I agree! I don't often get ignored if I say hello. Some people look at me in horror as though I've just slapped them, but mostly they still speak x

[Buffy007 Graduate in reply to no-excuse]

So true - people are funny aren't they.

[Rob_and_his_westie Graduate]

If only you had mentioned this before. You missed the best park run (with a small p because it's not a Parkrun if you get my drift) of the lot. On Saturday you could have entered the Olympic Park 10k. It would have cost a few quid, but there was registration on the day and, of course, there is bling involved! You were just 10 minutes away on the DLR! Equally, you could have joined me at Regents Park. If you're in London, there's always something going on somewhere.

[no-excuse Graduate in reply to Rob_and_his_westie]

I wish I had entered Rob- that bling you posted caught my eye straight away. I really must do my homework next time. I could have easily got to either park, we used the DLR loads over the three days we were there. It would have got me out of a trip to the Imperial War Museum too! Must try harder... but at least I got a mini run in x

[Tomas Graduate]

Sounds like a lovely run. It's amazing what a bit of difference in the surroundings can do...

[no-excuse Graduate in reply to Tomas]

It was a lovely run Tomas and it's lovely to run somewhere new and to just go with the flow. How's things with you now-I hope you are finding your love of running again

[Tomas Graduate in reply to no-excuse]

Thanks for remembering and yes, I am again running for pure enjoyment, and am trying my damnest to not start to count miles and minutes again.