My previous blog was a little side track into the real world out there where the crazy nonsense is going on. That may happen from time to time when I crane my neck from beneath my shell, peer around, and then shudder back into my cave of safety. This time I’m concentrating on the non-dramatic… Continue reading How’s that New Year Resolutions thing going?
Tag: Running
London Marathon – the big day …
It's not that I underestimated how hard it would be. It's that I really underestimated how hard it would be! I started off quite well and the weather turned out to be actually perfect for running; cool but not too cold and pretty much dry all the way round. Then at some point, I think it… Continue reading London Marathon – the big day …
London Marathon – prelude…
It’s a strange thing, waiting. After spending three and a half months training and building up my strength and stamina to something a little more than I had before, this last fortnight of enjoying the sunshine and the eating and the hardly doing any running at all has felt good. Really good! But at the… Continue reading London Marathon – prelude…
London Marathon Training: Week 14
Yesterday I was mostly eating tangerines and snuffling in bed. Having caught a bit of a cold at the back end of last week I decided to indulge it for just one day. That was when I was supposed to do my long run but no amount of Lemsip Max Strength could have got rid… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 14
London Marathon Training: Week 11
I knew it was going to be a tough ask to try and do 20 miles again this weekend after last week’s gargantuan effort. But I had a beautiful spring day and a picturesque route on my side. Plus, the night before, my sister Hersha, had looked up the top ten foods for marathon runners… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 11
London Marathon Training: Week 10
I missed out last week’s blog because I had such a miserable attempt at running I felt too sorry for myself to put it on paper, virtual or otherwise. After the high of running a PB in the half marathon in week 8, I thought that maybe I could get below 4.45 or even 4.30… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 10
London Marathon Training: Week 5
I went out this morning at just before 9am, six days after doing my last long run, with the aim of adding just a couple of miles. How hard could it possibly be? Well, as it turned out, really hard as I had to do my first 15 all over again before adding those two… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 5
London Marathon Training: Week 4
I’m writing this with a radiator at my back and with a tennis ball being rolled around by the soles of my feet. It’s cold out there. Last week was a bit up and down in terms of emotions and energy. I started it off well, feeling really adrenalinised (is that a word?) by… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 4
London Marathon Training: Week 3
If you follow the tennis you may have heard about Heather Watson crashing out of the first round of the Aussie Open due to, as she phrased it, ‘girl things’. Now perhaps she should have taken the Pill or injected the right hormones and chemicals to make sure her periods didn't get in the way… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 3
London Marathon Training: Week 2
I had a half marathon race scheduled for yesterday which got cancelled due to the icy conditions. Unfortunately it was stopped at the eleventh hour - when we'd all arrived and squished into the club hall trying to keep warm and waiting to line up. That meant that I had to go back home but… Continue reading London Marathon Training: Week 2
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