I love running! I haven’t been able to do it for over two months, ever since I had surgery. But I had been looking forward to a long run all week and this morning I wouldn’t let anything stop me. (It wasn’t the best time of the month, but with a few Ibuprofen I felt just fine.)
View from the tow path
My run is 11km or 6 miles. I run along the river Thames, on an old canal-boat towing track. I pass an impressive old lock, the boy-scouts’ sailing lagoon, a shooting range, some football fields, some stables and paddocks, a polo ground, an old run-down country house and park, a school and a field where cows graze! I am sure mine is one of the best runs in London.

Don’t you just love that feeling you get from running! It lifts me up enormously and the workout is so good for the entire body. I wasn’t able to run very fast since I was a bit out of shape. But it won’t take me long to get back to my normal speed. You get the same benefit whether you run slowly of fast anway.
Teddington Lock: Half-way point!
Going to the gym bores me silly and besides, the only local gym I liked closed down. It was an all-women’s gym right by the train-station; a perfect location for stopping on my way home from work. It was usually fairly empty; only about ten people would be in there, even at peak hour. The other local gyms are uni-sex (I prefer women only gyms), really crowded (can’t stand that), located in a grim basement with no windows (can’t stand that) or ridiculously expensive (I am on a budget).
3/4 point: ‘Haunted’ Ham House!
Now that the evenings are a bit longer it should be possible to go running after work. I always feel very tired after work but this coming week I’ll force myself to do it regardless. I don’t care if I’ll faint or if I have to fall asleep the minute I come back. I really need to get back in shape, lose the extra stone and gain all the other benefits that running offers.

Running is also great meditation and relaxation. The other people you see are nice and friendly and nod ‘Hello’. I love it when people’s dogs run along with me for a bit. I wish I had a dog!

I wish I could play football (soccer) or basketball which are sports that I like. But I am not in a team.
So running is definitely the sport for me at the minute. And I love it!

I run on this path…

…and I pass this bridge

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