Jul
23
‘They’ – whoever they are – say that exercise is supposed to relieve stress, but it doesn’t feel like it at the moment. I’ve my first practical exam for my PT course tomorrow and have had loads of paper work to fill in over the last few days regarding the programme I’m going to be [...]
Jul
16
So today was day 300, just 65 to go and by coincidence, I also chalked up mile 1,200 of running. I’m also now averaging more than 4 miles a day and think it may be feasible with one final push to actually clock up 1,500 miles in the year. To do so, I will have [...]
Jun
30
So after running around suburban London for almost a year, today was the day when I came closest to being hit by a car. I did another five mile route today, combining a couple of existing routes along the way and, despite it only being the fifth day, my legs are feeling up to the [...]
Jun
28
So summer is finally well upon us with temperatures reaching almost 30 degrees for the last couple of days. Its like an oven out there, just in time for me to be trying out an increase in my mileage. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m taking a PT course and one of the first things you [...]
Jun
19
A grim day outside and a grim run… 8.4miles through West Croydon, Beddington and around Purley Way – where there are more superstores than you can shake a stick at. The only green I saw was the edge of Waddon Park, which is where the Wandle Trail starts, and a little bit of Mitcham Common [...]
Jun
16
I heard on a radio show the other day that one of the reasons Bruce Forsyth can still pull off his dance moves is that he stretches every morning for half an hour. I’ve also been reading for my PT course about the elements of total fitness: motor skills, muscular strength, muscular endurance, aerobic capacity and [...]
Jun
13
We were down in Ashford in Kent for a World Cup party last night and stayed at Laura’s brother’s house so I went on a long run that brought up the 1050 mile mark in the Kent countryside. I spent a little time before we left yesterday working out a couple of routes in the [...]
Jun
12
While I’ll approach my distance aim in a couple of weeks time, I still need to complete the second part of the task: to run AT LEAST THREE miles a day, EVERY day for a YEAR. Passing the 100 days to go mark feels as though I’m now on a big count down though and [...]
Jun
11
Another milestone was passed on this morning’s run – it’s day 256, so there are exactly 100 days left of the challenge. I took myself on one of my usual routes around Streatham, down Mitcham Lane and back home through Furzedown and it really did feel as though winter was back again. It was cold, [...]
Jun
09
So the knee was still playing up on this morning’s run but I’ve got bigger things to panic about… it turns out Laura is expecting twins – eek! We’ve known for a little while but were just waiting to get through the first trimester and the 12 week scan before telling people other than really [...]
