Doing the best that I can, at writing, running and living
Oh my goodness Heather Haydock, that husband of yours is a diamond geezer! Not only did he carry my sticks for the last part of our nearly 12 hour ordeal, he walked quietly and patiently with me while I muttered the words to 'One Man and his Dog' to make my feet keep moving in… Continue reading Coast to Coast Day 5 – Patterdale to Shap (16 miles: strenuous)
Day 3 We thought we’d get to Grasmere early and get to some of the walking shops. After all it was only 9 and a bit miles and we were cutting a mile of that out as Gillercombe, the B&B, was just down before Rosthwaite. The ‘official’ path technically goes up into Rosthwaite and then… Continue reading Coast to Coast Day 3/4 – Rosthwaite to Patterdale via Grasmere (17 and a bit miles: Strenuous)
So Sally, Julie and I were sitting in the pub waiting for our grub and reflecting on the day. I could not recollect eating anything at all since breakfast, just a carton of coconut water, at a slightly precarious moment in in time, and some regular water. But I was still feeling only slightly peckish.… Continue reading Coast to Coast Day 2 – Ennerdale to Rosthwaite (14 miles: Strenuous)
I can say now with absolute certainty that my marathon training has not helped me in the slightest as training for the Coast to Coast. Today was day one. Today, despite most forecasts to the contrary, turned out to be an absolutely glorious day so really there was no excuse for the sheer level… Continue reading Coast to Coast Day 1 – St Bees to Ennerdale (14 miles: Strenuous)
The company that takes our luggage from place to place have asked that we treat the 'single' bags like hold luggage on a plane. I.e. 20 kilo weight and nothing dangling on the outside like spare shoes etc. Which means that the several extra items that I shoved into my day rucksack may have to… Continue reading Coast to Coast – Day 0
It's not that I underestimated how hard it would be. It's that I really underestimated how hard it would be! I started off quite well and the weather turned out to be actually perfect for running; cool but not too cold and pretty much dry all the way round. Then at some point, I think it… Continue reading London Marathon – the big day …
It’s a strange thing, waiting. After spending three and a half months training and building up my strength and stamina to something a little more than I had before, this last fortnight of enjoying the sunshine and the eating and the hardly doing any running at all has felt good. Really good! But at the… Continue reading London Marathon – prelude…
Yesterday I was mostly eating tangerines and snuffling in bed. Having caught a bit of a cold at the back end of last week I decided to indulge it for just one day. That was when I was supposed to do my long run but no amount of Lemsip Max Strength could have got rid… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 14
Short run weekend and thank goodness as the weather was rubbish. Especially on Sunday morning. I had booked myself on to the Liverpool Half Marathon, ages ago, before I knew I’d be running London. Luckily it seemed to coincide quite well with my training in that it gave me a valid excuse to take it… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 12
I knew it was going to be a tough ask to try and do 20 miles again this weekend after last week’s gargantuan effort. But I had a beautiful spring day and a picturesque route on my side. Plus, the night before, my sister Hersha, had looked up the top ten foods for marathon runners… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 11
