Juneathon Day #17
After being harassed, harangued, hassled and other words not beginning with H by email to get out the bloody door and do my half-marathon training of 7 miles, especially as I wimped out of my 6 miles on Thursday, although I did do intervals on Tuesday which weren’t in my schedule, I blanked out the memory of last night’s not very finely tuned athlete stylee menu of wine, lager, cider, pizza, crisps and chocolate and set off for a trip round the marshes.
And on the other side of the bridge where Ben came off his bike and broke his jaw, was this flower with a bee on it.
And then I get up to the marina and see the boats.
And I think it would be nice to live on a boat although I think they’re a bit high maintenance and I will settle for my house by the sea when I get it and this boat has a cat on it.
And then I remember that it is actually someone’s home and I probably shouldn’t be taking pictures of it as if someone stood outside my house and started taking pictures I don’t think I’d be too happy really and so I get on my way and go past the pub on the other side of the river.
And I haven’t been to this pub so I think it needs investigating in the near future, and it does have this view of the marshes so would probably be quite handy in beer drinking weather.
And I’ve only gone 2 miles and I’m already knackered and want to stop for an unofficial walking break but I think to myself I can stop when I get to the ice rink and have to cross the road and then I get to the ice rink and get to my new favourite pub which is so posh even the ducks have a floating buffet and the only thing to spoil it was a dog almost pissing on me and a fat man singing Kinks’ songs.
And then I’m in Hackney Marshes and trying to forget that bodies found in the river is a regular occurrence and I practice my don’t fuck with me look in case it’s needed and I stop for another photo based emergency in the form of this tree.
And over Hackney Marshes is a big mound of sand and I wonder what it’s for and decide that the river’s probably too full of dead bodies and now they just bury them here.
I eventually get to 10k in 69 minutes and I think that’s quite fast for me, especially considering all the photos I’ve stopped to take and I’m almost home and less than a mile to do so I go along the sports field into the park to finish off my 7 miles and then I go home and bastard Sports Tracks says I’ve only done 6.91 miles but my Garmin and Training Centre say I’ve done 7.02 miles, so I’m going with that one.
Oh and happy father’s day to Mr Sore Limbs and Mr Joggerblogger 🙂 (It is today, isn’t it?)
Today’s route
Stats:
Miles: 7.02
Total time: 1:18:17
Average pace: 11:09
Total calories: 635
Bees in flowers: 1
Cats on boats: 1
Pubs by the river: 2
Music:
Cardiacs – Dirty Boy
Bobby Conn – Vanitas
Bobby Conn – Mr Lucky
The Damned – Gigolo
Cardiacs – Faster Than Snakes With A Ball And A Chain
Courtney Love – Sunset Strip
The Damned – Eloise
Courtney Love – Never Gonna Be The Same
Hole – Northern Star
Bobby Conn – Things
Cardiacs – Breakfast Line
Bobby Conn – Sinking Ship
Courtney Love – Uncool
Courtney Love – All The Drugs
Bobby Conn – Love Let Me Down
Hole – Old Age
Courtney Love – Life Despite God
Cardiacs – Mares Nest
Bobby Conn – (I’m Through With) My Ego
Cardiacs – She Is Hiding Behind The Shed
Well done you – I recognise the second pub 🙂
Were they trying to be original with the first one?
“Well – ‘Hope and Anchor’ is a great name but it’s soooo been done – how about we call it the ‘Anchor and Hope’?”
😉
Great pictures.Great run or outing.Now I know what you are talking about when you add pictures when you run. 🙂
Great effort and flippin fast too, imagine your time without the photo opportunities.
Thanks but without the photo opportunities I might have just stopped to walk instead and then not got going again.
Well done on the run – and thanks for the FD greetings 🙂 I got my face painted, better than a card.
i didn’t realise have nice it was up that way… nice pics…and good run.
Thanks londonjogger, you must be quite near the marshes though?