Yesterday I ran the second part of the Shipwrights Way - 20 miles from Petersfield to Hayling Island. Today I was back at Hayling to finish it off.
There wasn't much to go, just 5 miles along the sea front at Southsea. But first I had to get there, which meant taking the ferry from the tip of Hayling over to the tip of Southsea. A three minute journey.
Once there I found myself in the middle of the bike part of a triathlon! Before getting onto the sea front and dodging all the dog walkers and other runners. I managed to catch a bit of the run part of the triathlon too!
It was a mild day but cloudy and calm. I'd bought my cap today and it was just right, with no sea breeze trying to steal it.
And once I'd finished the Way, I turned round and ran back, to get the ferry back to my car on Hayling.
It was quite a nice run, and I managed to keep quite a good pace as I had an eye on the time and a ferry to catch to get home. And across the two days I've now pretty much run the distance I'll be racing in July. I'm hoping a bit more training will make me feel better about doing the full distance in one day!
I'm glad I've run the Shipwright's Way, it's been on my list for ages, but I'm not sure I'll want to do it again any time soon, it's just a little too urban for my liking.
Now I need to decide what trail I'll be running next week.
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