Running on

For a few years now, at least one morning a week, I go out for 'a little run'. I run for about 20-25 mins and I don't know how far but it's definitely not 5km. That's the magic distance for all the Saturday 'Fun Runs' around the country, one of which is close to me at Osterley Park. I've been reading in the National Trust magazine today about Osterley and the many other National Trust locations that offer masses of different running opportunities. As well as the weekly 5km parkruns, I read that there are monthly 10km trail runs (in my dreams) plus night-time runs with head torches - also in my dreams! Anyway, I'm beginning to think that if 140,000 people can run every year at National Trust places, then I'd better pull my socks up and join them. Going the extra mile, as it were, is definitely on my mind today.The Ealing Half Marathon took place today as well as friends and colleagues who were walking 11 miles across 12 London Bridges today, in support of the Isabel Hospice out in Hertfordshire. And coming home from an evening out in London last night, I noticed groups of women setting up for the Shine London Marathon Night Walk, for Cancer Research. So I think it's time that I upped my game - surely I too could make a 5km session one Saturday soon ......