Oct
26
I think it’s rained here everyday for the last couple of weeks and it’s definitely getting cooler. The air temperature was about 8°C but with the heavy, persistent rain, that feels a good 3° cooler. Pretty close to perfect for running, in my book! The rain eased about half way through, so the rain jacket [...]
Oct
26
I could swear I saw snow tonight. Just a few flakes, but they were there. The glistened in my the light of my head torch like little feathery jewels. The way they moved suggested something other than very, very light rain. The wind was light, yet these sparkling droplets floated upwards. I’ve never seen a [...]
Oct
24
I’ve not really been checking my weight often since I started this challenge, but I have noticed there are some changes in body shape happening. It’s all very welcome too. I usually weigh-in in a morning, before breakfast, but I chanced a weigh-in this evening. To my surprise, I’ve lost 4 kg in the last [...]
Oct
23
I like Sundays. It’s pretty much the only day of the week were I can afford the time to unwind, recount the previous week and look to the next. I usually allow myself a little lie-in and have a lazy morning before meeting up with friends, typically to do something quite energetic. Today that was [...]
Oct
22
Everyday I like to think about one thing I’m thankful for. Today, I’m thankful that I’m as stubborn as I am. Some might call it tenacity or fighting spirit, but no, it’s stubbornness through and through. It’s the stubbornness that prevents me from giving up even when that’s all I can think about. In other [...]
Oct
21
I don’t have a lot to say today. I ran, kept the pace low. It felt OK. Things are gradually improving, but I’m still limping. The messiness I mentioned yesterday has got a whole lot messier and I’m feeling sombre about it all. It’s pretty hard to be upbeat about anything right now. Time heals [...]
Oct
20
Yesterday, I hit a real low point, both physically & mentally, and couldn’t not settle into the run. Physically, things have improved, but I know I still need to monitor the fatigue in my legs and back off the intensity a bit for a while. Mentally, today was a good example of how your head [...]
Oct
19
The title says it all. I got completely humbled by my own body today and no matter what I tried, it didn’t get any better. I really didn’t think I was going to manage the full 3 miles, but somehow I managed to find enough stubbornness within myself to complete the run. I got the [...]
Oct
18
I’ve not really done a proper recovery run for a while now, so that’s what I set out to do this lunchtime. For me, recovery runs are more about discipline than anything else. I find it difficult to deliberately hold back and just focus on taking it really slow and easy. As I set out, [...]
Oct
17
All day long I’ve been not looking forward to the moment when I’d have to do today’s run. Three days of fast-paced living were beginning to catch up. Or maybe was that just last night’s shenanigans in the pub. Still, I felt fairly run-down all day and didn’t have much of an appetite. The late [...]
