Stability Through Motion

The race is so close now, I’m beyond nerves, just counting down the hours and compiling endless lists – Tuesday: cut toenails (don’t do it too close to race in case they’re still sore) Wednesday: bake oat biscuits for race etc etc

I’ve created a race map – since the route is mostly off-road and there are few runners it’s going to be very easy to get lost. I scanned in the two huge OS maps, printed out the sections I need, drew the route on with highlighter and stuck them back together and covered them with sticky back plastic so I can run with them in bad weather. It still covers seven A4 sheets!

Okay, here’s the proposed route, although it turns out there’s an 18 mile race in Brecon tomorrow too, so I’m dithering about that. The problem with it is that it’s mostly on road.

Not strictly training news, but I just had to recommend this great gadget for Google Maps. Click on the map and find out where a hole dug through the earth will end up. Unfortunately for Oxford, it’s bang in the middle of the Pacific – not even a deserted island to rest on.

Do it yourself at http://map.talleye.com/bighole.php

You can also run around the earth and see where you’d pass through.

Well, Microsoft Live 3d has 50 times better quality mapping for Snowdonia, so I’d better link there as well as the Google Earth map (which is rubbish in the aerial view). Try out the 3d perspective for a great zoom through the hills.