Running the Parks

Run time : 30:10 Distance covered : 3.3 miles (5.31 km) Soundtrack : Jimmy Eat World, Surviving Conditions : warm and sunny I ran a circuit of Maxwell Park when I completed my first 10k a while back, when things were still relatively normal. I was out in the car to do my weekly drop-off of supplies for my dad and my brother, so since I was in the area, I decided to cover it properly, and cross a couple of other small parks off the list at the same time. One of the weird things about quarantine, speaking as someone who's out on foot quite a lot, is seeing how many more people are out on the streets walking or running or cycling. Around my neighbourhood, it's getting quite crowded on the narrow pavements, so it was nice to visit a part of the city with decadently wide streets and pavements, where everyone can give each other yards of space. Apparently that's because Pollokshields was developed in the Victorian era according to a plan by the Stirling-Maxwells, the ...