Not been up to much interesting recently. This weekend, however, has been dominated by running.

Yesterday I entered the KB5, a local 5-mile road race. The shortest distance I've raced so far, with a bit of a faster field. The race starts from the University King's Buildings campus, and heads immediately downhill. I got caught up in a fast start, and supposedly did the first mile in 5'45, before soon starting to feel the pace. I was probably okay for the first 5k or so, but the last couple of miles rather took it out of me, and after holding out most of the way I let quite a few people past towards the end. Finished exhausted in 31'22, placed 69/218.

Today I recovered with a long slow run, along the Fife Coastal Path, from North Queensferry to Kinghorn, about 15 miles (24km). Rather pleasant, while I got soaked cycling both to and from the train station, once I reached Fife and got off to run it was dry, and it never really went past a very light occasional drizzle. It's quite warm for this time of year, so a little mist is just cooling... The Path was quite enjoyable, rather varied from sections past the industrial parts of the coast to paths by the sea, beside beaches and through the small towns along the coast. Certainly some sections I'd like to walk along at some point, only real problem is the sections which have to cut away from the coastline. I'd imagine the continuation of the path (it goes around the coast to the Tay) might have a slightly more coastal character as the industry is left behind.

Oh, and I dipped my feet in the sea while I waited on the beach for my train home. Got a strange look...