I woke up today feeling great. Which made me feel annoyed because evidently, I didn’t try hard enough yesterday. Smiling because it's over Yesterday I ran the Shakespeare Half Marathon in Stratford upon Avon (sidebar: because I didn’t specify which race, I think some people who liked my Facebook post thought I’d run the London… Continue reading Shakespeare Half Marathon
Tag: Half Marathon
Half Marathon Training – Not
I have a half marathon coming up on Sunday. The Stratford upon Avon Half which always falls on the nearest Sunday to Shakespeare’s official birthday – April 23rd (which happens to be today: Happy Birthday Bill). There’s also a full marathon going on at the same time, but when I booked this race, I had no… Continue reading Half Marathon Training – Not
How Did Those Resolutions Go?
Happy New Year ‘Come, Aunty Rita.’ The twelve-year-old puts her hand out to the fifty-two-year-old in order to gently guide her to the deep end. She’s actually my granddaughter but when I first began assimilating myself into Anne’s family, her parents thought ‘Nannie’ was too old a moniker for a forty-something, and now the ‘Aunty’… Continue reading How Did Those Resolutions Go?
Warrington Half Marathon
I stand, with a fluttering stomach, watching the runners file past behind their pace banners. My warmup has been to jump up and down on the spot. The random Insta influencer who suggested this said that sixty seconds was enough, but I flag at around twenty. At least I’m very warm. The sub 1hr:30mins lope… Continue reading Warrington Half Marathon
Half Training – not really training
dangerous little swines I managed a slow blustery ten kilometres on the road yesterday. I had to keep my eyes on the ground as the conkers (horse chestnuts) are beginning to fall and just one of those little blighters is enough to make me trip or roll my ankles in unnatural directions. My half marathon… Continue reading Half Training – not really training
Half Training – Weeks 12 and 13
I should have written last week’s efforts up in a blog of their own. At least then I could have had an upbeat training diary entry. I had happily managed around twenty-eight miles simply by knocking out lots of snail (Zone-2) running. I had felt no extra fatigue, and I had two pretty good threshold… Continue reading Half Training – Weeks 12 and 13
Half Training – Week Eleven: A 5K Race
Alright. It is safe to say that I know diddly squat about running and how to work towards anything. Last week I was feeling somewhat sorry for myself in my blog and then this week I pull off something unexpected. (Sorry, I know that I’m writing this on the following Wednesday, because I’m a slacker,… Continue reading Half Training – Week Eleven: A 5K Race
Half Training – Week Ten
‘You guys carry on. Please don’t wait for us.’ ‘Are you sure?’ asked Dave (Green I think or it could have been Dave Craddock). ‘Absolutely,' I said, and John was nodding vigorously in agreement. The thing about running in a group is that either you’re all going to be of a similar ish ability, or… Continue reading Half Training – Week Ten
Half Training – Week Seven
On slow runs you have the time to admire the view - the 'Swiss Bridge' in Birkenhead Park Cut back week. Or is it? The mileage is down from last week but is knocking around the same ballpark as the previous two. I’m not quite sure if I want to increase to much more than… Continue reading Half Training – Week Seven
Half Training – Week 6 – Cheshire 10 Miler
A tired smile at the end. I am currently lying down in a dark room with a wet flannel over my forehead. It’s not the most flattering look but it is, by far and away, the most comfortable place right now. A little recompense for putting my body through an almost literal grilling. The weather… Continue reading Half Training – Week 6 – Cheshire 10 Miler
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