Where do you run/Cycle
Blinkybaz
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we had a thread like this before and its quite interesting to understand what people see and where they are traing.
I will start (he says as he rises from his chair arm aloft)
I run around the Glastonbury area and always seem to have a great of the tor and sometimes run past the abbey which is always a great veiw. As I get out on the moor as well the wildlife is great to! I saw a heron the other day and it was about 5 yards away. All the people I pass are freindly and say hello.
The ride takes me further into the moor and along an old disused railway line that is now nice and flat full of wildlife and big peat pits with fish in. I sometimes ride around the towns like Glastonbury and street, so i see alot of strange people and hippies. It It truely is a great place to train and theres never much traffic.
So where do you do it.......................................?
I will start (he says as he rises from his chair arm aloft)
I run around the Glastonbury area and always seem to have a great of the tor and sometimes run past the abbey which is always a great veiw. As I get out on the moor as well the wildlife is great to! I saw a heron the other day and it was about 5 yards away. All the people I pass are freindly and say hello.
The ride takes me further into the moor and along an old disused railway line that is now nice and flat full of wildlife and big peat pits with fish in. I sometimes ride around the towns like Glastonbury and street, so i see alot of strange people and hippies. It It truely is a great place to train and theres never much traffic.
So where do you do it.......................................?
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I'm pretty lucky as you'll see its got great views, some very challenging routes but the weather isn't so good.
what you wont see when watching IMUK is me taking part
if i am out on a weekend ride then i often go east and ride out toward lyneham or wootton bassett, or across to calne. terrific views when you reach the tops of climbs - fron lyneham you can see across the flatter bit toward swindon and beyond the m4.
i tend to run around chippenham, which just means pounding around suburbs or terraces. i've recently started using a 4mile rural run as part of my commute and go from box to batheaston up the side of kingsdown hill. very quiet lanes with high hedges, but when you reach the top of the run the view across the valley is pleasant.
My ride is currently my commute (passing the above mentioned) and on the weekends i tend to do hills in Greenwich Park, around blackheath and then occasionally up shooters hill (which is 434 ft high), then if i want a flat one i head in amongst the traffic and loop into the City cross tower bridge and along the victoria embankment (does the London tri go along there too?) and then cross westminster bridge and come home the same as my commute. Not very impressive views anywhere along there really and even if there was there's too much traffic to enjoy them. Oh i'm also exploring more routes out of London into Kent, but haven't got further than the top of Shooters hill, i doubted i could climb it a second time on the way back so i went home...
Then into richmond park after its been closed to traffic, so all the bunnies and deer were out by the roads, which is very cool.
All in all, a most enjoyable ride home.
Very hilly routes and must be a good training area as I often see Chester Tri Club out on their Sunday rides. Could do with a road bike ideally but am making do with my MTB for now.
Not much to see unfortunately except for errr lots of trees and a bit of wildlife..... which is mainly roadkill by the time I get out and ride!!
All my running is currently treadmill based but am planning getting back into a routine where I can run before work, around Salford Quays and parts of Manchester canals, near the office.
I didn't know IMUK was in Rivington, shame, would have gone for a look and to cheer on the 220 and BCTTT contingents but have something else on - nemind
However, work takes me away, a lot.
This week - Surrey, Last week London, next week Scotland.
So I run from the hotel. I attempt to get a hotel with a gym or pool, or research the nearest public pool (usually the local council one, as most others are members only). Usually it is a premier inn though. So not that good. The only thing I've not managed to do is bike when I am away - so that is reserved for the weekends.
Running is around london before/after work - sometimes around the bridges back and forwards over the thames which can be pretty nice.
Nicest rides near my house are NW of Watford - did a really nice one last night - through some beautiful little villages, single track roads, some nice hills??, and past some really nice pubs that i should really go to at some point
swimming in the north sea, being chased by seals.
Cycle in the country side chased a young deer for around quarter mile the other morning before work.
I run out on the Scottish side of the river Tweed and Run home on the English side!
On the bike I usually cycle 25 miles around the Roseland, the ferry only costs 50p for bicycles (an extortionate 4.50 for cars!) very pretty route with a load of bitchin' hills!
My swim i do at my boss's estate's very own beach, where i live (smug grin) where i can see the bottom and all the sea life and little crab pots that people have put down. and on a sunny day with no wind the sea is glassy and a really, really bright blue colour.
But, on the Fraggle Rock theme, I can do the same run as in the Railway Children. I often see Jenny Agguter waving her red pants!
My dad had a thing for Jenny Agutter actually.....