24th October It's gone all lumpy!!!

Which has possibly got yo all worried if I have had an incident with my morning porridge. No, that was fine but I bet you are  are all wondering, 'What's gone all lumpy John?' Go on have a guess but I suspect you won't get it right, because what has gone all lumpy is the Monday night run with the Ravenshead Runners, that's what.

Over the past, oh 7 months or so, we have been blessed to have been able to have our evening jollies on the tracks, trails and by ways of the local countryside. And although some of the running group still feel more than able to continue such adventures, kitted out in our flourescent lycra and donning our headtorches, there are possibly a larger number who feel its a step beyond. And so the Monday night run has resorted back to a 5km loop around the 'lumpy' streets of Ravenshead.

Now that isn't implying that the streets of Ravenshead are full of gaping, ankle shattering potholes but rather to the deceptively up and down, undulating nature of said avenues and closes. There's nothing to severe but it just seemed to be one up and down after another. But unlike the woods where the terrain ensure everyone, including the dogs, have to slow down, here on the open streets, well the faster runners just open up their legs and are off.

So much so that after one single 5km loop I was cream crackered. Having said that I did discover that we had run slightly further than last years 'similar' jollies in just over two minutes quicker. So perhaps I need to get 'more lumpy' rather than less in preperation for the trail runs coming up in the next few months.

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