Run on the beach!

We had a bit of a family get away last weekend, up in Skipsea (North Yorkshire) at the Far Grange caravan site. It's a lovely site with plenty to do and it was good to spend some time with the better half and the kids.

I only managed to get out for one decent length run and figured it would be a crying shame not to take advantage of running down the beach. So i set of from the site and ran south from Far Grange to Hornsea. With beaches being as they are; long, straight and full of sand (and rocks), there's nothing much to report, oh apart from the fact that i completely misjudged a rock sticking out of the sand, tripped over it and went down like a sack of spuds! It's ok though, because nobody saw me (apart from maybe the couple you can see in the photo, who were at least a half a mile behind me at the time).

As we all know 'who saw me make an arse of myself' is far more important than any potential life threatening injuries! I wouldn't mind but it was one of those trips that you think you can salvage by running a little quicker. Inevitably, after a short battle, gravity championed and i went down with new, increased speed amongst a gaggle of flailing limbs... it wasn't pretty. Thankfully the only thing damaged was my pride.

'Tumbledown' Beach

On leaving the beach at Hornsea i ran back along the main coastal road through Atwick and back to the caravan site.

Around 8.6 miles in 1 hour 15ish and it was quite novel running on the flat for a change. Screen shot of the route and a link to the run below:

http://g.co/maps/g3zhd

Cheers
Mick