RUN 116 - Three Brooks & Patchway Common

I'm still getting used to running in English streets and countryside, the countryside is a little easier, find a bridal way and you can keep going for miles across public paths. The country roads can be tricky, often narrow with no pavement and sometimes thick bushes lining each side of the road, there can be few places to take cover when a car eventually comes along. Running the streets is simpler, but without the grid system of Chicago that i'm used to and the expanse of space, i'm constantly navigating changing direction and figuring out where to turn next, all while keeping an eye on the overall distance to ensure i end up back at the start and complete the right training distance. It's a skill i'm learning, sometimes i'll not plan a route at all and simply run wherever my feet take me, this run today was a half mile of schedule, which is pretty good. It's important to me to keep the running environment stimulating, a big part of my running has become in part an opportunity to explore new places, especially where the landscape is less dramatic than that of Lake Michigan in Chicago. [4.5m - 34:31 - 07:40/m]

[One of the Three Brooks; obligatory shopping cart, check]