MEMORY LANE

Claire and I met today on the Southbank for a run around the river. We followed the route that we ran so many times when we trained for our first marathon in 1997. According to mapmyrun.com the route from Royal Festival Hall along the Southbank, across Tower Bridge, back along the north side of the river and across Westminster Bridge is just over 5 miles.

Neither of us really felt like running today so meeting up was the perfect way to get some miles under our belts. We ran slowly, chatted lots and then rewarded ourselves with a warming bowl of soup. We were surprised to spot David Cameron along the Embankment out for his lunchtime jog. He looked to be struggling a bit but good on him for finding the time.

We’re both really nervous about our second Hemel Hempstead run on Sunday. It’s 17 miles and is going to be hard work. Watch this space.

We managed to avoid the rain at lunchtime but I wasn’t so lucky later in the day when I took Bailey to the park. We got absolutely soaked. One of us enjoyed it a lot more than the other!