Week 7 - Steady as she goes.

A good steady week, with nice runs round the town on Tuesday and Wednesday and a good club session on the Thursday, fartleking around Riverside.


Fartlek is where you run at pace for sections of your run, between agreed points. It can be a nice way of speeding up the run and making the whole thing a bit more enjoyable, despite the comedy name. It is a Swedish word meaning "speed play". But you knew that, you can use wikipedia just as easy as I can.


The aforementioned session was interrupted by a drunken ned who took it upon himself to try and create a bit of bother. Too fast for him, I'm afraid, but it must have been quite a spectacle, librarian being chased over the Old Brig in Stirling by Buckfast-boy.


The week ended with another 13 and a half miles over North Third. Nice as this run is, it is time to look for a new route as the longer runs now enter unknown territory - 15 miles and more.....