My vague plan for the last few weeks has been to do 5K specific training. But then I’ve also wanted to keep my mileage in the week up to a round thirty and to do my weights twice a week. The problem with trying to speed up as well as keeping the endurance going is… Continue reading 5K Training – Or Is It Marathon Training?
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LSRs, 5K Training and Volunteering
Can I believe that my Long Slow Run (LSR) of twelve miles – well a little short of twelve miles today – will be classed as a short run in a couple of months? Right now, it is incomprehensible. As I put my legs on the sofa in front of me and wonder why my… Continue reading LSRs, 5K Training and Volunteering
Yorkshire Marathon – Weeks 10/11/12
Forgive me Father. It’s been weeks, something like three in total, since my last blog. I’ve barely got time to squeeze this one in, never mind saying any Hail Marys or what have you. It seems to be scarecrow season in the neighbourhood. My Creative Writing MA with the Open University has finally come to… Continue reading Yorkshire Marathon – Weeks 10/11/12
Parkrun Sandwich: Yorkshire MT – Week 8
I’ve just inhaled the first of my two chocolate eclairs, and aiming to slow down and savour the second, if it is at all possible. Oh, no. It isn’t. It’s gone. It’s like eating air though, when the choux pastry is all nice and light, so to ‘inhale’ a chocolate éclair is probably the only… Continue reading Parkrun Sandwich: Yorkshire MT – Week 8
Yorkshire MT – Week 7
I’m in a bit of a quandary. My long running for the past two weeks has not been going well at all but my weekly mileage is still pretty good. For six out of the last seven weeks, it has been between 30 and 34 miles. But I haven’t managed to get my long run… Continue reading Yorkshire MT – Week 7
Yorkshire MT – Week 6
I went to Parkrun yesterday, mainly because I’d signed up for a special promo that Brooks Running were doing, for people to try out their shoes. I had still been feeling down about the poor long run from Friday, so it was a bit touch and go as to whether I could haul my sorry… Continue reading Yorkshire MT – Week 6
Yorkshire MT – Week 5
I had a good week of training last week but I didn’t space it out very well. My aim was to have a rest day on Wednesday and cycle with PROBs (Pensby Runners On Bikes) on Thursday, but Thursday came and went, and the only reason I didn’t go was that I was getting to… Continue reading Yorkshire MT – Week 5
Parkrun Sandwich + Yorkshire MT – Week 4
Having felt so positive in the previous couple of weeks, I’ve had a little dip. I don’t mean that I’m down in the doldrums. Quite the contrary, I feel pretty good, but I haven't quite fired on all cylinders this week. Yesterday, I was wiped out from a heavy duty headache for most of the… Continue reading Parkrun Sandwich + Yorkshire MT – Week 4
Hilbre Island + Yorkshire MT – Week 3
Well, that was a lot more fun than I thought it was going to be. Given that the forecast was for a 70% precipitation probability, I had expected glowering clouds, and a wetness akin to yesterday’s run. Instead, as I picked up Alex, it was still kind of dry, and the air, as we got… Continue reading Hilbre Island + Yorkshire MT – Week 3
Five Fails
Let me begin with the negatives of today’s run, and there were a few. Fail number one: when I got out the house, half an hour later than I wanted but still in time to run to Parkrun, the first two miles seemed not to have registered on my Runkeeper app. I had to stop… Continue reading Five Fails
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