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
Category: Running
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
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Well it’s a bit warm outside. I’m sitting in the bedroom on the north side of the house, wondering if I can feel a cool breeze coming through the window, or if it's just an optimistic wish. I can see the whomping willow in the neighbour’s garden swaying gently to a silent disco but when… Continue reading Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
A Rush of Blood
It’s been a bit of a week. Anne has banned me from running until Monday. It would have been a lot longer but I start the first session of a Runners Movement Workshop then and I can’t miss that. A bit harsh you might say but probably necessary given that I managed to faint (for… Continue reading A Rush of Blood
Birkenhead Park 5 Mile Race
In four days I’ve done three runs and they’ve all been amazing. On Tuesday evening, at various points, I wasn’t quite feeling the joy, but it was great to see the Finish clock show a time of just over 51 minutes. The Birkenhead Park 5 Mile Race was celebrating its 50th anniversary and many people… Continue reading Birkenhead Park 5 Mile Race
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