Confessions of a late night walker08 Mar
Not sure how many of you have read Dean Karnazes book “Ultra marathon man – confessions of an all-night runner”? Well I did it my own style on Saturday evening when I went for a 30km walk. It was the first time for a while that I did walk with a full race pack, 10kg on my back, including a very uncomfortable to carry tripod.
I was heading for St Pauls Cathedral. I have for years been wanting to go there to take photos of the building at night time. I managed to do a couple of shots (one of them here on the right, but you can see more on my flickr account, click on the image to go there).
It was a while ago that I focused on photography and it was good to be out on the streets of London really enjoying one of my great hobbies.
What was less enjoyable was the results of the walk. Fairly early on I realised that I was going to have blisters under the soles of my feet and on my toes, just as I had have in my race in Namibia. The walk is very different on the feet than the run and it has resulted in a set of blisters.
The good thing about it is that I can once again experience the feeling of walking on bubble wrap, a real treat, especially when I had decided to do a run today. The 23km felt longer then normal, since it was not the most comfortable run I have had experienced. More walks ahead of Namibia is needed to make sure the same thing doesn’t happen there!
