Week 2 of my London Marathon training went pretty well. The timed sprints are very tough, I'm not use to running at "maximum effort" but understand that it is necessary. Touch wood - no broken bones! My Sunday morning programme today was a 45 minute "run" (not jog). I went past last night's Newham Guy Fawkes Fireworks display on Wanstead Flats. Across the road into Bush Wood. Past the rear of the Quaker Meeting House, which has the incongruous but understandable in the circumstances sign on its wall "No trespassers - keep out". Next I ran past the Welsh Chapel near the Green Man roundabout in Leytonstone. Incredibly there is a Welsh language service in the Baptist Chapel on the first Sunday of every month at 11am which I have been meaning for the past 20 years or so to attend. One day...
Right next door to the Chapel is a large Tesco superstore. What many people do not realise that this use to be a workhouse for children built by the Bethnal Green Poor Law Guardians. It was a very big site and you must wonder how many thousands of children lived here and what their lives must have been like? This report is pretty disturbing.
Under the Green Man roundabout into Leyton flats then cross country behind Snaresbrook Crown Court before coming out at Eagle Lake. Along Wanstead High Street, running the gauntlet of the Farmers Market and all those stalls cooking delicious smelling sizzling sausages and bacon butties. Across George Green and then eventually back into Bush Wood and then along Wanstead Flats to home. A good run.
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