The London Marathon has finished for another year, and for over 30
years hundreds and thousands of people have experienced what is arguably one of
the world’s greatest marathons to race. Though how do you prepare for such an
event as a marathon? People have come up with all sorts of plans and the latest
training advice that makes a marathon easier to train for, but a cornerstone of
any effective marathon plan will be running a certain number of miles per week.
Inevitably this will lead to people running through parks, shared public spaces
in cities, woodlands, areas of outstanding natural beauty, etc. There’s no doubt that wherever people will be
running, they will most likely be sharing that place with people who are not
running. This leads to a question of what the purpose of public spaces are for:
sport, fitness classes, relaxing, walking? There is no easy answer and anyone
who goes to a park will be able to see the whole variety of different
activities that I have just mentioned.
