Going Great

So far this year and with the demise of the snow and ice my training has picked up. I’m slightly behind where I should be but not by much. I’m running into work and back regularly and using my new bicycle on running rest days as cross training. On Friday I thought I might have a change of scenery and took myself off to The Long Mynd in Shropshire. I parked in the National Trust car park part way up the hill. From here it’s a steep climb to the top. For half of the climb I had to walk, either because the rock wet path was too dangerous to run on but mainly because it was bloody hard work! At the top was still a fair bit of snow on the path and road. In fact the road was closed due to the snow and ice. This is where I found that the battery was flat in my camera – or so I thought. I didn’t find out until I got home that I had put the battery in the wrong way around. I had my phone with me though so I took a couple of photographs and some video footage. On the subject of phones. I found a really good, free application for GPS phones. Endomondo is a sports tracker. You choose the sport and press start. It simply records your speed, mileage and time. You can also be tracked from a remote computer so people can see where you are along your route. When you’ve finished, press stop and it will update the information to the Endomondo web site where you can access the data it stored and see the route you took as a road map or aerial view. I’m still trialling it but it does seem to be a great little app and another gadget for us gizmo freaks.

This morning I ran to work. I had two cans of soup in my back pack and as a last thought I put a large Gala apple too. When I got to work and opened my pack I realised I had found a new way to make apple sauce. Got any cinnamon anyone?