I like to keep in shape now and again like a lot of people. I'll try to hit the gym twice a week at least and head off on a walk most days.
I'll even do a bit of running from time to time. The only difference is that when I run, I don't bring the whole of Leeds to a standstill.
Today was the Leeds "Abbey Dash". A race where competitors pay £15 to 'Help the Aged' to run from Leeds City Centre to Kirkstall Abbey and back again, about 10km or so. So today, after leaving for work at about 9:30, I'm met with various road closures and Lycra clad runners heading in the opposite direction.
That was inconvenience number one. After I'd dropped my brother off for work at a large cinema complex at Kirkstall, I then ventured into the City Centre. As I approached the outskirts, I expected the cones, but I also expected signs advising me where I could and couldn't go. The latter, not surprisingly given Leeds City Council's record when it comes to traffic and event management, didn't materialise.
Long story short, a 10 minute cut through the Leeds Tourist Trap (sorry, Leeds Loop Road) took some 25 minutes.
Next year I suggest the event take place along the Leeds Liverpool canal towpath. Should make it more interesting as the leading runners turn around and head towards the oncoming stragglers!
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Keep on Running
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I too was caught in that lane-narrowin, lane denying inconvenience to 98% of the population of Leeds so that assorted anorexics could run around in the streets in their knickers and vest - I take solace in the fact, and it is a fact, that anyone who runs further than the necessary distance to catch a bus is bound to die before I do - its a fact, runners die young, and then their hearse will hold me up at Lawnswood
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