First, an admission… even people who help others to improve their focus, lose their focus from time to time. That might go some way to explain the delay in posting my last two runs, as well as the reason for posting in the middle of a work day when I have a myriad of deadlines to hit!
Scroll back to the 18th July and Kim & I were in the middle of a relaxing week in Cornwall… it was like a holiday from my childhood, but that might have been because I did in fact go there on family holidays in 1969 and 1973, or thereabouts.
We were making great use of the amazing weather but I really wanted to manage at least one run before returning home. With daytime temperatures in the high eighties, this involved an early morning start… for a non-work day, at least!
With the cottage situated on the cliffs above Mullion Cove, 100m from the South West Coast Path, and having already explored the path south, it was an easy decision to head north.
In short this involved visiting Polurrian, Poldhu and Church Coves, along with the steep headlands between them and then continuing on way past my the 30 minute turnaround time that I initially planned. In fact I was so enjoying myself that I finally turned round above Halzephron Cliff at the one-hour mark, and then mainly because I found a stretch of path that had millions of midges where the fresh air was supposed to be. YUK!
The return journey was faster because I wasn’t running down onto each of the low-tide beaches in turn, but it was also harder work with the increasing temperature. And yet, when I got back to Mullion, I had the strong urge to run down to the Cove… and then back up again.
The run was approximately 7.5 miles took something like 1.45… SLOW, but REALLY enjoyable! PS, sorry the photos are all mixed up… you hopefully get a sense of the scenery though!