Otmoor run
March 16th, 2009 by lunaman
Seven miles along the flat Otmoor paths. I’ve seen Otmoor from the heights of Beckley, laid out enticingly before me, on many long runs, but never dared tread within. On Sunday I finally made it, but not until 11am, by which time the green coated bird watchers had arrived in flocks. There’s a path that might circle the whole moor, which includes an RSPB reserve, but I had to give up when faced with a large boggy patch about 10 metres long. Weak, I know, but I’m not yet fully running fit, so goodness knows what my soft feet would have made of the immersion. Plus there were worrying red flags up warning of an MOD rifle range in action.
I did feel a bit naughty, running along in a blue top, alongside all the heavily camaflouged slowly moving nature lovers with their enormous scopes. I’m sure I was pretty quiet though. Running wise I’m up to 24 miles in a week, this week I’ll be up to 30, then 40 and I’ll gradually up it to 50 miles per week over a month. I’m still taking this recovery very slowly.
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