Mon - 31/12/18
afternoon
I went for a random run.
I went for a random run.
This was the first
time for a long time that I had run on my own.
My plan was to run
to the Riverfront & do a test run from the Newport Centre to extend the
“Waterloo Sunset” route which we both know is a very short six miles. To the
Waterloo Sunset course I planned to add in a loop of the Gaer estate and then
rechristen the route the “Gaer de l'Ouest”. After that I would run home and
maybe stop at the Victoria Inn on Caerleon Road for a pint. I carried an
emergency kit with me. It comprised a pair of reading glasses, my bus pass and
£15.
I wasn’t feeling
great and when I got to the riverfront I was already wavering. I bumped into
Mike Rowland.
While I was having
a long & nostalgic chat to Mike I decided to revise my mission. I decided
not to cross the river but to stay on the East side and do a run with beer
stops instead. When I started running again I felt quite good. But still I
carried on with my revised plan. I ran all the way up Chepstow Road and
although there were plenty of watering holes on my route I only stopped at two.
I looked in at the Man of Gwent and saw Joy Jackson and her daughter Beth so I
had a pint of Abbot Ale and chatted to them for a while. Joy’s husband Nick was
a really superb man, he was a Lliswerry Runner. Tragically Nick died of a brain
haemorrhage a couple of years ago at the age of 52. Next was the climb up Royal
Oak Hill, I missed out the Old Royal Oak, in favour of having two pints of beer
(Rockin’ Rudolph) in the Greyhound.
I got a text from William while I was in
the Greyhound saying he was on his way home. He had to change trains twice
(Birmingham and Worcester) then there was a long wait for a bus replacement service
at Gloucester. Last I heard he had decided to book into a hotel near Gloucester
station and continue his journey in the morning.
Whilst in the
Greyhound I did notice that my Garmin was clocking up the mileage. I had it set
to pause when I’m not moving so presumably my left wrist was a bit too twitchy.
When I got home I
had a Rib Eye steak. That leaves one in the fridge
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