Day 315 today, 49 days left to go and it was a bit of a bitty run. Lovely countryside again but I set off in a direction I’m not familiar with, towards a village called Wike. Conveniently, it’s almost exclusively uphill good training at least for the Athens Marathon I am attempting in October which [...]
Jul
31
May
17
Earliest run, fastest time
I’m media training today and need to be in town by 7.30, so I’ve been up since 4.45 and hit the road ten minutes later. It’s a gorgeous time to run when you do it so early. Hardly anyone is around, no cars, just you, the odd street cleaner and the birds. The weather was [...]
May
09
Promotion for Leeds, PB at the Leeds Half Marathon
So with a huff and a puff and by the skin of our teeth, Leeds Utd were promoted back to the Championship yesterday and I couldn’t even have a drink to celebrate with this morning’s race ahead of me. I had a dreadful night’s sleep, waking up with pre race nerves several times through the [...]
May
08
Nervous about running, nervous about Leeds Utd
Today is the day my team, Leeds United could get promoted from League One but I’ve also got the Leeds Half Marathon tomorrow… even if Leeds go up, I can’t really celebrate with the race tomorrow. Laura, myself and three of her mates came up to Leeds yesterday. While the girls will be horse riding [...]
May
07
A late night election night obviously does me good
Well, being up for most of the night watching the election results come in has obviously done me no harm in my running. I’m a bit of an election junkie and love seeing the drama unfold – well all of it aside from Andrew Neil interviewing pissed celebs on a boat on the Thames – [...]
May
06
Looking to be a guide runner
One of the charities I declared an interest in when I put my name forward for the London Marathon ballot two days ago was Guide Dogs. They sent me some more information yesterday and one of the things I noticed on their site was that you can become a guide runner – helping blind runners [...]
May
05
And I will pass 900miles…
I didn’t realise sometimes running slower than you are used to is harder than running faster. For the last couple of weeks my training pace has upped quite a bit and I’ve been covering my 3 miles a day in about 26 minutes. But conscious of this weekend’s Leeds half marathon, I tried to slow [...]
May
02
Where have the fair weathers gone?
I’ve mentioned this before but there is something heroic about going out for a run in the rain – and this morning it was really driving down when I went out. Whether it’s down to the rain or whether there’s just been sufficient time for my body to recuperate after the Brighton Marathon, I am [...]
May
01
Entering the ninth month of running
So today was the first day of my ninth month of running… and to be honest, even I wasn’t sure I would make it this far. I’ve still got this touch of the post-marathon blues but am looking forward to the Leeds half marathon – on my home town turf – next Sunday. Click here [...]
Apr
30
Cheered on by a stranger
So after last night’s couple of beers turned into a couple more, the last thing I wanted to do was get straight up and go for a run. As I was working at home today, I stalled all morning and then, when the afternoon came and I was about to head to the gym, I [...]
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