Sunday I was going to do a little technical post about ‘Base Training’ because I’d had several weeks of good mileage and was feeling quite strong. However, that will have to wait for another time as I’ve been feeling very sorry for myself of late. Not only had we lost the dog last week but… Continue reading A Curve Ball in the Shape of a Cold
Category: Running
Dads and Dogs
I’ve been to my dad’s a few times recently and obviously brought my running gear. And I’ve realised that I’ve already created a default route. I want to say that I’m one of those free, devil-may-care runners who, one day may go left and the next, right, and meander through new avenues and paths, always… Continue reading Dads and Dogs
The Chairman’s Challenge
I have decided that Heswall should be renamed Hes’hill’! A cake displaying the route of the Challenge How someone could devise a route so close to the base of our running club with three humungous hills, just shows that a) the terrain is somewhat slopey and b) the route-master is a devilish fiend. Roy Fisher… Continue reading The Chairman’s Challenge
Wirral Seaside 5K Run
In normal times this is a series of runs along a section of coastline of our little peninsula, happening each month from March to August. I have had a go once or twice and it is very popular. With a nominal fee, hundreds of people have pegged it from Leasowe Lighthouse to bag a personal… Continue reading Wirral Seaside 5K Run
That was the week that was
When so much writing material happens in the course of a week, a consolidation is required. A trip to the seaside on Tuesday. Tuesday It’s great to have a mate to go cycling with. Especially when you yourself are not so au fait with bicycle mechanics (I can ‘theoretically’ fix a puncture but I haven’t… Continue reading That was the week that was
Vaseline
I was going to create this post a couple of days ago, but then Prince Philip suddenly shuffled off this mortal coil and that news seemed to wade into my writing unbidden but overriding. Prior to my knowledge of the Royal demise, on Friday morning, I was steeling myself for the prospect of reaching double… Continue reading Vaseline
There’s a Stone in my Trainer Dear Reader
I seem to have settled on Fridays as my long run day. It used to be Sundays, then Saturdays. It’s a psychological game I play: if I don’t do it today, I have 2 more days to get it done. If I do do it today, I can have wine. More often than not, that’s… Continue reading There’s a Stone in my Trainer Dear Reader
A Real Race
I had a little boost to my running mojo this week when I booked our hotel in Edinburgh for this September. The Scottish Half Marathon, which got cancelled last year, will be my first race in nearly 2 years! Edinburgh castle in a cloudless day, as it will be in September! - Image by Walkerssk from Pixabay I… Continue reading A Real Race
If the cap fits, still check the weather
Okay, so I got told that my previous post about Spring wasn’t really about Spring at all, but, yawn … running again. I think she made it sound more polite than that but I took this to be the inference. My slim stock of running headwear This blog is about hats, but then again it’s… Continue reading If the cap fits, still check the weather
Spring is in the Air
I am just watching the pigeons. Three were sat merrily on my neighbour's apple tree just now, when a fourth landed in the vicinity. It sidled up to each and they all flew away one by one as it got close. I wasn't sure whether I was witnessing a bully or a failed attempt at… Continue reading Spring is in the Air
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