Often when I run, I’m listening to a podcast. It’s a nice distraction and one of the only times where I actually can do two things at once. This time, I was listening to ‘The History of Literature’, a show where the host, Jacke (that ‘e’ is not a typo) Wilson, rambles on about literature and poetry… Continue reading We Are As Clouds
Tag: Hill Repeats
Borders Race – Pensby As Hosts
Buds … little tiny buds reaching out through the cold winter earth. I’m not talking daffodils or irises, but the beginnings of a flowering of my strength. The very beginnings mind, but in today’s race there were moments where I actually felt pretty good. So, it seems that consistency does pay off eventually. The Borders… Continue reading Borders Race – Pensby As Hosts
Yorkshire MT – Week 2
This week I felt something. No, don’t worry. My calf muscle didn’t seize up and my hamstring didn’t ping. Quite the opposite in fact. I realised that I am getting stronger. There is probably a way of measuring this more scientifically, but I don’t need to see the metrics, I could feel it. By the… Continue reading Yorkshire MT – Week 2
Run To The Hills
I was saying to Sue last night that … Well I wasn’t so much saying, as gasping, barely able to get a syllable in, between the short and desperate inhalations. Despite my wheezing, we managed to hold a conversation of sorts and I was explaining that I’d not done any hill training for two, maybe… Continue reading Run To The Hills
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