Yesterday: Standing in the crowds at two minutes to nine, I have very lumpen legs and I’m wondering if I have enough energy to pull me around the 5K Parkrun distance, never mind in a good time. But it’s a beautiful day, with the deciduous leaves glistening like fire in the sun, and crackling underfoot.… Continue reading Pulling A Fast One
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Are The Wheels Falling Off Already?
The wheels on the bus goround and round,round and round,then fall off at week 3… Well, okay, they’ve not quite come off, but the nuts are somewhat loose. This week I did not do my Monday run or my Monday strength and conditioning exercises. I did manage a run with the club on Tuesday that… Continue reading Are The Wheels Falling Off Already?
10K Training: Wk 1 – Keep the Chocolate Coming
I’ve just had the best choccy milk ever. Not one of your fancy lardy shop bought numbers but one that Anne made me, melting plain chocolate powder in a bit of hot water before adding the cold milk, when I called to say I was five minutes away. Simple as. But, coming in after a… Continue reading 10K Training: Wk 1 – Keep the Chocolate Coming
Wirral Multi-Terrain – Arrowe Park
What is one of the cardinal rules of running a long-distance race? Don’t go off too fast too soon. What did I do yesterday evening in the final Wirral Multi-Terrain event? Go off like a galloping heffalump, huffing and puffing before I got round the first corner. Gathering runners and clouds But it’s so exciting!… Continue reading Wirral Multi-Terrain – Arrowe Park
Short Term Goals – Training Plans
I am going to attempt to follow a training plan. Now you might have assumed that that’s something I do all the time with all the races I partake in. Errr…no. What I normally do, is just go out and run, sporadically, doing my best to slowly get within the ballpark figure of the distance… Continue reading Short Term Goals – Training Plans
Lost and Last
I’ve spent the last two hours, looking all over the house for my trail shoes. If found, please return How can a pair of hot pink (when they’re not muddy) trainers get lost in a small three-bedroomed house that, in my mind, isn’t overly cluttered. Evidently, we’re going to have to bring forward the spring… Continue reading Lost and Last
Caernarfon Half Marathon
Well that was tough. There is definitely a lot of work to do before my marathon(s) next year, but for now I am putting my feet up for a week or so, after that hot and a little bit hilly race. I don’t have my official chip time yet, but my Runkeeper App has tipped… Continue reading Caernarfon Half Marathon
Long Term Goals
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com In two days’ time, I’ll be toeing the line at Caernarfon Castle for my second Half Marathon of the year. Well, to be honest, I won’t even see the start line until I’ve shuffled forward with the back markers a few minutes after the gun, but you know what I… Continue reading Long Term Goals
Rewind South Festival
I had a lie-in this morning. After a whirlwind of a weekend it was well needed and shows I’m getting old! It began with a stressful few moments on Thursday afternoon when I pulled up my booking details for The Catherine Wheel Hotel in Henley-on-Thames, only to discover that I’d made a bit of an… Continue reading Rewind South Festival
Technical Notes – Jeffing
Today, on my long run, I had a go at ‘Jeffing’. Now, just in case your mind veers that way, this is not a variant of dogging, or even a euphemism for nipping into the bushes for a wild wee. No, this is a method devised by Jeff Galloway, an American Olympian who developed the… Continue reading Technical Notes – Jeffing
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