Doing the best that I can, at writing, running and living
‘Snowdon Walk this Sunday…Would you like to join us?’ said a line in Claudia’s Facebook post on our running club page. My first thought was: that would be great, I’ve never been up Snowdon before, followed swiftly by: no I really can’t, I’ve put a long run down for that day. This was on the Friday, and… Continue reading Hiking Up Snowdon – And Week 1
Today is the last day of the month and this is the weekend I was supposed to try and smash out a good 5K effort after six weeks of training. The training involved getting two speed sessions in, with short and long intervals. As it’s a rare occurrence for me to take myself out of… Continue reading Training For A 5K – The Result
Sir Kenneth Branagh is currently starring as Prospero in Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest. The entire run sold out almost immediately which gives a great financial boost to the Royal Shakespeare Company, although I guess they must have put a few tickets aside for the King and his entourage as he popped in to watch it… Continue reading RSC: The Tempest (with Sir Kenneth Branagh)
My vague plan for the last few weeks has been to do 5K specific training. But then I’ve also wanted to keep my mileage in the week up to a round thirty and to do my weights twice a week. The problem with trying to speed up as well as keeping the endurance going is… Continue reading 5K Training – Or Is It Marathon Training?
This past weekend I was mostly following a dot on a map. The map is of Keswick and the surrounding area, and the lines of the route that the dot had been moving along, create a very jagged triangle. It starts and finishes at the Keswick Moot Hall and goes over forty-two of the Lake… Continue reading Pete And The BG – An Ultra Running Adventure
Can I believe that my Long Slow Run (LSR) of twelve miles – well a little short of twelve miles today – will be classed as a short run in a couple of months? Right now, it is incomprehensible. As I put my legs on the sofa in front of me and wonder why my… Continue reading LSRs, 5K Training and Volunteering
I woke up today feeling great. Which made me feel annoyed because evidently, I didn’t try hard enough yesterday. Smiling because it's over Yesterday I ran the Shakespeare Half Marathon in Stratford upon Avon (sidebar: because I didn’t specify which race, I think some people who liked my Facebook post thought I’d run the London… Continue reading Shakespeare Half Marathon
When Mark Gatiss wipes the black toothbrush moustache from his face and says the following lines, I assume that they have been added on by this director, given the world that we live in today: If we could learn to look, instead of gawking,We’d see the horror in the heart of farce.If only we could… Continue reading RSC: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui – Bertolt Brecht
I have a half marathon coming up on Sunday. The Stratford upon Avon Half which always falls on the nearest Sunday to Shakespeare’s official birthday – April 23rd (which happens to be today: Happy Birthday Bill). There’s also a full marathon going on at the same time, but when I booked this race, I had no… Continue reading Half Marathon Training – Not
Surprisingly I haven’t had a sleep yet. Sitting down in the sports hall of Dinas Bran school, nursing a flapjack and a cup of tea, I could happily have curled up on the hard bench for a quick twenty winks and then some. But now, after my chocolate milk and a bit of lunch, having… Continue reading Llangollen Fell Race
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