Richmond Park

Today I went running with Womble, which made a nice change as I haven't run with anyone (apart from in a race) for ages now, not having been down the club for quite a bit. I'd never done the route before, but I knew it having run through Richmond Park before, and spent a fair bit of my life around Kingston. Here it is:

What surprised me tpoday was how consistent my pace and HR stayed. Okay - there are hilly bits, and I let my HR go up on them, but for the vast majority of the run I was bang on 140bpm at 6min/km pace. Ridiculously consistent, in fact - I thought my Garmin had busticated or something!

Anyway - it was an exciting run - and about a mile after we entered Richmond Park, who should we see but Sonia O'Sullivan, running in the opposite direction. She looked so relaxed running it was annoying! Womble and I both looked at each other and said "Was that Sonia O'Sullivan?", so I guess it was. I've seen her in Bushy Park before, so I suppose she must live locally.

Anyway, a great run, the HR climed a bit towards the end, and we finished with a stretching session and then some pizza and salad and strawberries - yum!