Burning Rubber

Did this very enjoyable run in the early spring sunshine today, although at 16.5 miles it was not as far as I’d hoped. My training programme said ‘20 miles (approx 2 hrs 45) slow’ - the time was about right but maybe I took the ’slow’ too literally. Also stopped along the way at a ‘drinks station’ (my local Costcutter), to go to the loo (what does one do in the actual marathon?) and to take photos like the one above. One more week to go until the penultimate month of training, when I reach my highest training mileages: three 20 mile Sunday runs with a half-marathon on the other Sunday. I will make sure I plot out my routes better than today so that I do actually run the right mileage. 

The canal path through Camden was closed - it was only when I got to Camden High Street that I could see why (see the photo below). The police had cordoned off the area and the fire was still burning. I only realised the scale of the fire when I saw a brief flash of Sky News on the big screen at Liverpool Street station on the way home from Maitripushpa’s, which showed a photo of the fire at its height last night. According to the Guardian it started around 7 pm and burnt out a lot of that part of Camden Market and a pub that has been notable over the years for rock celeb behaviour. Fortunately there were no casualties.