Another giant Sunday run planned this morning to try to get the total distance up a bit. Planned a 17 mile slog from home up to Hyde Park to meet Irfan and Ian, and then to either head towards Regents Park or Battersea Park. The boys were game, so we turned North alongside Park Lane and then cut through the Edgware Road backstreets, past Madame Tussauds and onto Regents Park.

Quite a bit warmer this week than last, I had to pocket one of my layers to keep the temperature regulated. A nice day though, so managed to convince the boys that was worth continuing the trek East, along the Regents Park canal, through Camden, Kings Cross, Angel - past Victoria Park (3), Hackney, and down towards Canary Wharf.

I’d planned to turn West back towards home for a 17 mile personal best distance, but my newly 36 year old (last week) left knee gave out around Angel, and I was limping the last few miles. Decided to let discretion take the better part of valour, and joined the boys to jump on the tube back to Mansion House and home.

Anyway, an interesting route. And great that I could motivate Irfan and Ian to push the distance a bit. Previous to today’s 13 miles their previous longest was 10K, an excellent improvement!