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Date: 19 January 2005 21:56:41
the footbridge resonates under each footfall and emits a low hum into the damp darkness.
sadly not a footbridge over a trickling brook or a scenic stream but over a dual carraigeway, there are paralells i suppose. i'm so used to unresponsive tarmac and concrete or uncooperative mud its a new experience to fnd a cooperative running surface. it distracts me so much i take the long ramp down to the left when i could have dropped down the stairs to the right.
as i run back alongside the road and skirt the roundabout i catch a few whiffs of smoke. there it is again, doesnt smell like cigarettes, but sweeter, surprisingly pleasant. sure enough as i peel left off the roundabout i catch and pass a darkly dressed chap who turns obligingly as i approach to reveal a pipe.
another footbridge this time over a murky stream too dark to see and i'm alongside the new asda. formerly safeways bought by morrisons, sold to asda due to competition laws. as i struggle to get my brain around this self defeating circle of events my left calf reminds me that its hurting, the result of a tangle with an unfriendly twig earlier in the run.
the junction that has required barely a thought for the weeks theyve been renovating the store is once again a dicey affair. succesfully negogiated i plod on up the hill, the police are looking for someone, two sets of blue lights earlier in the run and that police van has just passed me for the third time in 5 minutes. us runners see alot on our travels, noticing the strangest details and musing on the most abstract things.
the remainder of my run is passed musing on number systems decimal, octal, binary, hexadecimal. i stop short of trying to do maths in the various bases.
once home my calf provides me with a few more reminders as i clean the cuts, and again as they drop into the bath!
but all in all a sucessful venture.