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If that's not the early stages of a migraine I'll eat my hat.

I've suffered from migraines on and off since my early teens and I have learned that hard exercise can trigger them: both full-blown and (more often) just the aura stage that you describe. I have found that I can miminise their occurrence by taking care to be well hydrated and to make sure that I have had a snack before running. I had a rash of them last year when I started doing a hard interval session at lunchtimes but having a mid-morning snack made a big difference.

M.

It didn't feel particularly rough at any point - just very, very quiet. The area around Stratford was fine.

Many thanks for the advice. I had an extremely good run. I'm amazed that I could run off-road from Docklands almost all the way to my friends' house in Broxbourne. I saw very, very few people. It's not a route that I would recommend for a lone female!

I certainly needed the head torch for the last couple of miles though.

U.

Many thanks for the help Sheeyut! You make it sound perfectly do-able. I intend to leave work at 5ish so I expect to be running until about 8. I expect it will be quite dark towards the end so I will take a head torch which hopefully will be enough to prevent me falling in the river.

I put together a route: http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/137816764

I'll let you know how it goes.

M.

I'm staying with friends in Broxbourne this weekend and I need to fit in a 20 mile run at some point. I'm wondering how practical it would be to run from work (Canary Wharf) on Friday evening up the Lea Valley. I have never run any part of the route and I need to know how easy it would be to route-find. Has anyone done it, or any part of it? Would be grateful for any advice.

Cheers,

M.