autumn cometh...

I went out for a couple of short runs last week to break in my new shoes and judging by the amount of slippery rotting leaf on the paths, Autumn has definitely arrived.
It's my favourite time of the year for running - the colours, smells, coolness... all great reasons to be outside exercising. The flip side to that is the mud and rain! I think this cartoon by a wonderful and very talented friend of mine sums up my last run very nicely!
Talking of breaking in running shoes, I've just confirmed my place at this weekends' Adventure Race in Hampshire. Again it's a bit of a scratch team, with the place becoming available rather at the last minute as a friend of mine dropped out (probably so he wouldn't have to worry about the post rugby hangover on the Sunday!). I rather suspect that the last vestiges of newness in my shoes will have disappeared by Monday morning!

I went to see an extremely funny play at the weekend - Cooped by Spymonkey. The show can probably be best described as the bastard offspring from Monty Python and The Pink Panther, indeed one of the actors looked remarkably like the great Peter Sellers. The play featured farce, slapstick, nudity and fart gags. Right up my street! Although, it could be argued that there was rather too much nudity at times... infact it was probably the all-male nude ballet that took it over the edge! However, I would say if you can get the chance to see the group, you should...