I am entered for the Tadworth 10 in January and figured I should start training at the beginning of Nov. So towards the end of Nov I did my first run. I snatched an opportunity whilst Oliver was playing Rugby. He was away at Worthing and the map showed me I was about a mile from the coast. So off I went, 5½ miles later I reached the coast! Navigation never was my good point. What I thought was heading South was heading East. If I had know the wind was from the South coming straight onshore, I would have known, but I didn’t, and having set myself a goal to run to the coast, I had to reach it before I could turn around. Why? Because I am a man, goal orientated and need to achieve. What a twit! On the way back, instead of backtracking, I thought I would take a different route. Why? I don’t know, what a twit. Thankfully I had my Garmin on. It’s the first time I have used it to navigate. So I did manage to navigate back, although it was a little difficult trying to tell which direction you were heading. So I would run along for about 500 metres before I could see if I was heading in the right direction. A few detours later I managed to get back onto my outbound track and find my way back to Worthing RFC. I thought I was in time to see the second half, but wasn’t.
So my first run in a long time was 12 miles and now I ache a lot.
So my first run in a long time was 12 miles and now I ache a lot.
