What a difference a day makes. 24 little hours between yesterday’s gasping effort and today’s canter. I ran for longer and I was quicker with very little effort, all because of a mere 10 degree (Celsius) drop in the temperature! Last drips of the heat wave. This ice-cream may have been abandoned because our three… Continue reading Short Summers, Short Beers and Zimmer Frames
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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
Technical Notes #2 – The Long Run
Not me but someone cooler via a more ace cameraPhoto by Cameron Venti on Unsplash If you have ever followed a training plan for a race, then it will always have the long run in it. This will be at least one time in the week where essentially you aim to go out slower but farther than the… Continue reading Technical Notes #2 – The Long Run
February Blues
Tentative snowdrops A slippage has occurred. After the success of my January goals I am feeling a little adrift and rudderless. I guess you can’t always be fired up and raring to go, and as my downswing is in the worst month of the year (according to all the polls1) it is probably inevitable that… Continue reading February Blues
Technical Notes #1 – Chi Running
In the UK, back in the halcyon days of the first lockdown, when the weather was warm and Spring was in full bloom and we were all amazed at how quiet it all felt without the cars and everybody who wasn’t harassed by having the kids at home tried a new hobby like baking or… Continue reading Technical Notes #1 – Chi Running
January February Don’t You Come Around
I know this title is an artless steal of an old song lyric but it kind of fits ish.1 I’m not sure why, but I can’t quite seem to get the words to come out for this last blog of the month. My aim was to, perhaps, write one blog each week or two but… Continue reading January February Don’t You Come Around
28 miles to go
I wasn’t planning to write anything again until the end of the month when I will have hopefully completed my 100 miles in the month challenge. But the snow actually, finally, kind of, settling on the streets of Bebington meant that my long run hasn’t happened today and, after much vacillation and angst about letting… Continue reading 28 miles to go
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