I was out at a pub in the village of Wrestlingworth last night where I played a few songs at an open mic night run by 
That all finished fairly late and it was nearly midnight by the time I drove home. The clocks went forward and so we lost an hour. By the time I got up it was getting on, but I wanted to do a longer run today. I had a few days off from running, so I hoped my legs would be fresh.
This was a variation on a route I have done before. There is a fair bit of climbing in the first half, first up to Fairfield and then through Letchworth. After passing Standalone Farm I decided to go through the Grange estate. This is pretty big and has lots of paths cutting through it. I just followed those that seemed to take me the right way.
The Grange is a mix of houses and apartments. I think a lot of it was originally council housing. This block has some stains where an overflow pipe gushed out.
Eventually I came out on a back road via an orchard near this nice thatched house. Letchworth is a mix of the original garden city architecture and more modern stuff. Some of it is quite expensive.
I tried to stay away from main roads and so ran through Radwell Meadows on the Greenway. When I reached the road there was no traffic and I soon found out why. There is some major re-surfacing going on with lots of trucks and maintenance vehicles out there today. I guess they are working on Sunday to reduce disruption.
This is my longest run in a while and it went quite well. I would not have wanted to go much further this time, but I will keep doing these distances to prepare for my half marathon.
Run free and stay well.
