I woke up today feeling great. Which made me feel annoyed because evidently, I didn’t try hard enough yesterday. Smiling because it's over Yesterday I ran the Shakespeare Half Marathon in Stratford upon Avon (sidebar: because I didn’t specify which race, I think some people who liked my Facebook post thought I’d run the London… Continue reading Shakespeare Half Marathon
Tag: Stratford-upon-Avon
Half Training – Week Seven
On slow runs you have the time to admire the view - the 'Swiss Bridge' in Birkenhead Park Cut back week. Or is it? The mileage is down from last week but is knocking around the same ballpark as the previous two. I’m not quite sure if I want to increase to much more than… Continue reading Half Training – Week Seven
RSC: Hamlet – Back in Stratford
I know I shouldn’t, what with the crumbs and all, but I’m eating a pain au chocolat on the bed with a glass of red to wash it down. It’s a moment of decadence that I can enjoy while we relax, before watching our second play in two nights. And luckily, it’s not my bed. … Continue reading RSC: Hamlet – Back in Stratford
Two Plays from the RSC: The Red Shoes / Twelfth Night
promo posters from the RSC The Red Shoes Fairy tales in the nineteenth century did not have the Disney gilded happy-ever-afters that we expect today. In the original Hans Christian Anderson story, The Red Shoes contained sorcery, amputations and death with a large side of moral instruction. The protagonist’s happiness comes quite literally in the ever after,… Continue reading Two Plays from the RSC: The Red Shoes / Twelfth Night
Yorkshire MT – Week 13
My number for Yorkshire came through in the post yesterday morning. Nervous much? Absolutely. I just have to remember; to repeat the mantra: ‘trust the process’. I may or may not have a good race in less than two weeks’ time but I have had a fairly consistent twelve-week block of training, and am now… Continue reading Yorkshire MT – Week 13
Henry, Henry and Henry
I’m sitting on the sofa, with my legs raised up higher than my bum, and making a mental note not to use a crop top as a sports bra for a long run again. Chafing is not pleasant, and I would always recommend getting good kit for anything longer than an hour, but I was… Continue reading Henry, Henry and Henry
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