Backpost: UK run #5 (Tue. June 26)

This was the last UK run I was able to do on the whole trip, though I did manage a few other walks, including cliffs and a Great Three Hill walk (Pilsdon, Lewesdon and Waddon, 6.5 miles and more than three and a half miles, with Ben, R., and Emma, all to tire us travellers out before the flight back to the US).

Canal-side again, this time from Coven, where again we'd stopped for the night (right next to a pub, called ridiculously enough the Fox and Anchor). I went off along the canal on the way we'd be going the next day -- past a sewage works, and on into the city (Wolverhampton) where there were at least two major canal junctions (the first one I passed, Autherley, was the one that we would be taking the next day). Boggy canal path, and it was separated at times from the canal. Livened up a bit by some yobbish lads on bicycles, but they seemed afraid of getting muddy so were no real trouble. At my turn point (five miles or so) I passed two runners going the other way and after turning chased them, but they veered off into the town before I could catch them. Got totally wet shoes as I ran through a flooded section of path that turned out to be deeper than I'd expected. But a good run and we had a solid dinner at the pub after I'd showered.

Time: 1:14:58
Speed: 8.1 mph
Distance: 10.17 miles

Comment: would have been a bit quicker if I'd had any idea where I was going; I dithered a fair bit before settling on a canal side run. . .