The Canal Run Home
Apologies for the belated post to Runography. Here’s a quick update on my run home from work along the Forth & Clyde Canal to tropical Clydebank:
This was my weekly long run as part of training for the Edinburgh Marathon.
The run was approx 21.5 miles and took just under 3 hours so was perfect Marathon training.
The route is ideal because the Canal passes within a few minutes walk from my house and is obviously flat and a great surface to run on.
Main towns along the path: Kilsyth – Twechar – Kirkintilloch – Bishopriggs – Possil ( 8-o ) – Maryhill – Anniesland – Knightswood – Drumchapel – Whitecrook – Clydebank
Thankfully managed to avoid being attacked by Neds (don’t think they like the rain) and abuse was limited to the verbal kind (since this is a family site I won’t repeat 
As far as the actual run, I went off too quickly and am learning some harsh lessons about pace which I will need to apply to the actual Marathon. To translate: I wiz gubbed
The hardest part was passing Lock 27 with the smell of fresh food and the clink of chilled beer. Torture!
What we need is a way to upload the map and stats from our Garmin gizmos straight to Runography. Something for Eoan to ponder on…
Your run must be coming to an end soon.
Hopefully you made it along the canal in one piece.
Finally
Great that you managed to complete the run, great training for your impending marathon. 21.5 miles is a long way off for me, but I’ll get there ( perhaps ). 
This year, 1/2 marathon maximum I think. Don’t want to overdo it.
Pace, the Garmin should help for that. As for uploading the data to the site, yes, I need to workon something to allow that to be automated. Perhaps a Wordpress Plugin?
I’ve setup a new Category just for this type of post. Runographers. And you will be pleased to know you are the first of your kind.