Chris Cutforth's Blog

Lost shoes and Olympic inspiration  Ba ck after several weeks away, mainly due to family holidays. I have to confess I've been pretty lazy these past few weeks (isn't that what holidays should be about though?!), so completing the Endcliffe Park course today was a bit of a struggle - my time was too embarrassing to mention!   I took my running gear to Italy with the intention of doing a few gentle runs with my son and daughter on most days despite the heat. However, these plans were scuppered on day 3 of the holiday when I left my running shoes in a bag at a town market - by the time I'd realised it was too late, they had disappeared - hopefully into the hands (or should I say onto the feet!) of a nice Italian man with size 12 feet who is now using them for their intended purpose. Even better, they could be taking part in one or more of the 5 parkruns that currently operate in Italy - although I would accept that is rather unlikely as the nearest one to where we we