The 'leaf' part of the image above is Caesar's Camp, an archaeological site just south of Bracknell. I call it 'track for trail runners' because it is entirely undulating gravelly trail and tree roots for the entirety, and it is circular and of set length. My pace increased throughout both the approach to the site, and the repeats of the old camp site itself, to where I was at around 7:30min/mile by the end, and holding steady.
I passed only one other group along the way (a group of two) and so this fits the bill of being a socially isolated run as well. I'm increasingly wary of being perceived as 'taking the mickey' on my 'attempts to exhaust a space' runs because when my path is erratic, and takes in a lot of territory in town, it would almost seem to increase my likelihood of having to interact with others.
So, like yesterday, and like today, I'm going to continue to seek sites that both run something new, but that also isolate the run in some new way. These runs have also been productive in the sense that my fitness is at least maintaining, but also increasing at times, along the way.
The other part of the image, the part it the 'eye' is an artefact of an older run, the 10k self-reporting time challenge from a couple of weeks ago.
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