'Arthur A'

Route - Arthur A

This will be one of a number of editable posts which I will use to summarise my standard training runs (I could probably do this on my server webspace but I'd prefer to keep everything together on this blog if possible).

First up is 'Arthur A' - this is a 7km run from my flat, following the road in front of Arthur's Seat and then back home via the Pleasance gym.

Arthur's Seat is a large lump of rock (the remnants of a volcano) situated in the middle of Holyrood Park. Iti s a stones throw from the foot of the Royal Mile and the new Scottish Parliament. Its a popular running and walking destination and its pretty rare to run in the area without passing someone else doing the same thing. It also happens to be only a couple of minutes away from where I live which makes it a very handy resource for me.

The main feature of 'Arthur A' is the steady incline from about 1.2m to 1.9m - once I've become more familiar with my Garmin I hope to provide some greater detail on elevation etc.

The streetmap image is below, along with a link to the satellite image.


















Times for 'Arthur A'

• 30 December 2005 (40 mins)
• 2 January 2006 (38:33)
• 13 January 2006 (36:53)
• 24 January 2006 (38:15)
• 31 January 2006 (37:40)
• 11 February 2006 (36:23)
• 16 February 2006 (37:15)
• 27 February 2006 (34:10) (hard pace)
• 6 March 2006 (36:53)
• 15 March 2006 (34:45)
• 20 March 2006 (36:30) (recovery after long run - 18 miles)
• 23 March 2006 (34:15)
• 27 March 2006 (39:00) (recover after half marathon)
• 3 April 2006 (37:15) (recovery after long run - 20 miles)
• 8 April 2006 (36:30) (recovery after long run - 20 miles)
• 11 April 2006 (31:45) (hard pace)