Low tide was at 10 a.m., a perfect time to run. And the perfect beach. No chance to get over engrossed with the watch either. I won t run fast within a mile of the pier anyway. Once that far away, the leisure walkers of which I used to be a member, have thinned to a dribble.
Most people are satisfied with the two mile round trip.
Which is good for me. Three weeks ago, after ten minutes of running, I d made a double line, a ditch with my heel, from the ocean edge up about 15 yards. These were my start and finish points. A pretty arbitrary distance of course, it took a little over three and a half minutes to run each rep. Today I had my beeper watch set at four minutes.