Jun
29
So another five miles this morning with a gym session in the middle of it all – I’m thinking of coming up with a mini five miles challenge but have not yet decided what form it’s going to take…. I might have more details in the next few days. What was different this morning was [...]
Jun
27
So I know it’s not much of another milestone, given I passed my 1095 mile target just yesterday but today’s run took me past 1,100 miles so far. With the weather so warm, I’ve decided on gym days I’m going to split my run: run up to the gym, do some weights and run back…. [...]
May
30
I’d been planning for my long run this weekend to see me over the thousand mile mark and had also planned to meet up with my pal David so he could join me on the momentous run. Saturday saw him have to spend time with the family and so we moved the run to this [...]
Apr
26
I’m not sure if there is such a thing as post,Marathon blues but I think I must be on a bit of a comedown, both physical and mental, from running the Brighton Marathon. The three miles a day I have to do have become a real routine part of my life. Get up, kit on, [...]
Apr
23
I’ve been so pre-occupied with the Brighton Marathon over the last week that the seven month anniversary of the three mile a day challenge totally passed me by! (It was on Tuesday) I’ve been shifting at The Express today with a bit of a late finish so it’s too late now but I’ll do a [...]
Apr
17
The last run this morning before tomorrow’s Brighton Marathon saw we do a very, very easy circuit of Streatham Common – little more than a jog to get me through the last day without any problems. I’ve also had a good stretch out and am about to jump in a cold bath and then it’s [...]
Apr
08
So in the midst of telling you about the day before yesterday’s physio session, I completely missed noticing I’ve now passed 200 days of straight running on the streak – only another 165 days to go. I noticed this morning that while running my legs felt heavier than an elephants and I am now stressing [...]
Apr
04
Happy Easter to everyone. This morning was my last long run before the Brighton Marathon in two weeks time – a 19miler that saw me run from Streatham, through Brixton to the Kennington Oval, up to Vauxhall, Victoria and around Hyde Park before coming back through Sloan Square, Battersea, Clapham, Balham and Tooting. It really [...]
Apr
03
Despite it being a bank holiday this morning, I’ve quite a busy weekend on some projects I’ve beenworking on and so I was up and on the road by 7am… It was pouring with rain when I went out – I love running in the rain – and there was absolutely no one on the [...]
Mar
30
A big thank you to everyone who has emailed over the last couple of days with encouraging messages over the shin splints issue and especially to Maxine Sheppard of Virgin’s travel inspirations site V:travelled (check them out) who’s put me onto the Bowen Technique – I’ll sign up for a session or two and see [...]
