I’ve decided to take up trail running. Well I haven’t really, not for definite. But I have now bought some (expensive for me but still the cheapest ones in the shop) shoes for trail runs. One of my new clodhoppers I know you can get much cheaper ones online, but I do have a thing… Continue reading Trails…of destruction?
Tag: Running
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
Scottish Half Marathon
So my running app says 13.20 miles was run today, which means a whole 10th of a mile of extra pain! I made it to the end though and it wasn’t all bad by any stretch. Just that last stretch. Never has a 5k felt so hard as when it is tacked on to the… Continue reading Scottish Half Marathon
Pre-race Jitters
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
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
