I should have written last week’s efforts up in a blog of their own. At least then I could have had an upbeat training diary entry. I had happily managed around twenty-eight miles simply by knocking out lots of snail (Zone-2) running. I had felt no extra fatigue, and I had two pretty good threshold… Continue reading Half Training – Weeks 12 and 13
Month: August 2025
Half Training – Week Eleven: A 5K Race
Alright. It is safe to say that I know diddly squat about running and how to work towards anything. Last week I was feeling somewhat sorry for myself in my blog and then this week I pull off something unexpected. (Sorry, I know that I’m writing this on the following Wednesday, because I’m a slacker,… Continue reading Half Training – Week Eleven: A 5K Race
Half Training – Week Ten
‘You guys carry on. Please don’t wait for us.’ ‘Are you sure?’ asked Dave (Green I think or it could have been Dave Craddock). ‘Absolutely,' I said, and John was nodding vigorously in agreement. The thing about running in a group is that either you’re all going to be of a similar ish ability, or… Continue reading Half Training – Week Ten
Half Training – (not really) London Town
It’s Monday. Two weeks since we drove down to London town to mind the dog, and two days before we drive ourselves back home again. I had enormous ambitions to stay on top of my running and my weights and my writing, and two of those ambitions have fallen by the wayside. Yet the dog has… Continue reading Half Training – (not really) London Town