Aug
17
…and I wanted it to be a good one. I went out with the 6m30s/mile group which consisted of Nick, Paddy, Steve, Nick B and myself. Nick and I had been discussing his race tactics and he was explaining the benefits of getting at (or very near) the front at an early stage. From the [...]
Jul
31
The plan was to meet Dave and Paddy at the club at 8am to run about 6 miles, before meeting the rest of the guys from the club out for a Sunday run at 9am for another 14. I drove over to the club, made somewhat late by the main road being closed and having [...]
Jul
13
About 3.5 miles into this evening’s run, I took the inadvisable choice of going wide on a corner and running over some long grass. There was a hole. A big one. And I found it. My ankle held up. Thankfully! I’m beginning to learn what is risky and what isn’t. That could have been the [...]
Jul
11
Today’s schedule says 10 miles with strides. I’m conscious of the Thursday night event and so I figured I’d just go out and see how far I got. I headed out over the ranges again – I really need to start back on the road miles again soon, I’ve spent far too much of the [...]
Jul
02
Today is on the schedule as 15 miles. Fine, I can probably do that. Last night I thought to myself it’s about three miles to the Frimley Lodge Parkrun start line at a guess. I could run to the start, run the parkrun course and then carry on afterwards and cover whatever was left. Great [...]
Jun
29
…to run. Last night I remember saying to David and Damian that I’m beginning to see my life disappear before my eyes. What with work, commuting and running 40-50 miles a week, it’s easy to find you run out of time each day and life becomes wholly inflexible. That’s where I am now. The mileage [...]
Jun
01
Today is the first Wednesday of the month so the Blackwater Valley runners stage a beginners night. The evening kicks off with some intervals and a warm up, then on to s slightly shorter run than normal. I ended up with the faster group again this week. Thankfully, as my plan was for an easier [...]
May
25
The plan was a three miler at noon with a couple of my colleagues and then off to my local running club (a first for me, running with a club is something I’ve never found time to do) to clock up around 8 miles. The Noon Run with Obama David, James and I headed out [...]
