This bib coming through the post this week makes it official. Sunday (tomorrow!) is my first half marathon in over two years. No more pretending it isn't going to happen! I don’t know if climbing ladders is good preparation for a race, but that is what I was doing all day yesterday. And although I… Continue reading Pre-race Jitters
Category: Running
Sweetness and Light
No word of a lie: Adriene’s yoga theme for this month is called ‘RESET”! What??!! I didn’t know that when I wrote my last piece and of course, she knows diddly squat about me…or does she?!!! Errr, no. But the synchronicity of the intentions has fired me up to be a little more resolute and… Continue reading Sweetness and Light
Remember the Yoga?
We are well into the second half of 2021 and far enough away from January past, as to quite forget our (or should I hold my hands up and say ‘my’) intentions set at the beginning of the year! This is one of the several resolutions I made at the time: · New 30 Day… Continue reading Remember the Yoga?
New Shoes
I don’t recommend getting new running shoes every time you need pepping up, as it would become rather expensive, but once in a while it is nice to treat yourself. The only time shoes are allowed on the bed is when they're fresh out of the box! I normally do that self-love about once a… Continue reading New Shoes
A Cat-astrophe
We have been minding a cat for the last few weeks and whenever I try and get the laptop out he insists on sprawling himself on me. I thought cats would be more aloof and keep themselves to themselves most of the time, but this moggy seems excessively social and has a thing about plonking… Continue reading A Cat-astrophe
Seven Weeks to Race Day!!
It seems like an age since I’ve talked about running and it has been an age, or at least a good three months since I’ve run in any systematic way. But the beginning of this week was officially the ‘seven weeks to go’ mark of my half marathon race in Scotland. That run that I’d… Continue reading Seven Weeks to Race Day!!
Father’s Day
About a month ago I was happily looking at training plans for my September Half Marathon and seeing which ones I might actually manage to stick to for more than a couple of weeks. Running to train though has slightly gone out the window for now. Running for my own sense of wellbeing has replaced… Continue reading Father’s Day
Cycling, not running
What does this say about Chester? I didn’t run yesterday as I spent a lovely day cycling into Wales with compadres from the running club. Pensby Runners spawned a non-running child some years back, called PROBs (Pensby Runners On Bikes). They have been meeting, barring Covid lockdowns, once a week on Thursday. As it’s a… Continue reading Cycling, not running
Bouncing Back
This may be a blip in the continuum, so I’m treating it very cautiously. However… Both on Monday and last night, during my first club run in about 18 months, I felt … stronger. Could my week of squats, plus a random array of other, non-scientifically generated, strength training exercises, already start to be paying… Continue reading Bouncing Back
Squatting at my Dad’s
Well that was more like it. A comfortable, steady 7+ miles at the weekend and another slightly faster 4, done yesterday. My breathing seems fully back to normal, although, before yesterday’s run, I was walking around like John Wayne. Who knew that doing a few squats and lunges for the first time in an age… Continue reading Squatting at my Dad’s
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