Hi! I'm Stef 👋 Last September, I started running, aged 41, having not run since school. Things escalated! I'm now training for the London Marathon in October 🙀 Read the full story

2/18/2020, 6:40:54 AM – Run log

Nelson Mandela Park

7.31 km42:225:39 min/kmStrava

Up early while I’m in Amsterdam and I discovered a nearby run using RunGo. The way the roads here are separated from the pedestrian routes always impresses me. It feels much safer and calmer than running in London!

It’s a lovely park too, apparently designed by Mecanoo, the same folks who were the architects on the Birmingham Library (!)

I’ve not tried to take many photos in the dark so far, but I stopped for a couple of long exposures and the new iPhone is really quite amazing. I’ll do more of that now I know.

I’ve been struggling with my knee since this weekend’s long run. Just on my patella and lots cracks and pops. It feels a lot better today, after lots of stretching and self-massage yesterday. Keeping an eye on that.

Right - off to work to talk about carbon impact data gathering methodologies 👍

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