Aug
09
A particularly bad run this morning where for the first time ever, the First Rule of Running Club failed. For those of you who have missed any related posts, the First Rule of Running Club was devised by my pal David. The First Rule of Running Club dictates that you must got for a number [...]
Jul
18
We had to be up early this morning to get an early start on driving back to London and so I was out at just after 6am… gorgeous weather for a run, not too hot, not too cold and I took to the bridle paths around Eric’s house with relish… At one point, I came [...]
Apr
16
So the penultimate run before Sunday’s Brighton Marathon went well this morning. I didn’t really push it and also didn’t look at the Garmin again as I was running to check my speed and still did under 9mins 30secs a mile. I also went to my last sports massage before the face. Lillian at the [...]
Apr
09
After this morning’s run I had my weekly sports massage at Virgin Active with Lillian and told her about my visit to the physio. While she agreed with what the physio had said, Lillian was quite forthright in her general assesment of my condition. “James, the only way you will totally get rid of shin [...]
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
07
So the amount of running I’m doing, or rather the amount of thinking about the amount of running I’m doing is obviously getting to me. Last night I had my first running stress dream. I was headed to the start of a marathon in a wheelchair and was about to ‘run’ the race in 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 [...]
Mar
27
So I feared the worst when I went to see Lillian, the sports masseuse at Virgin Active in Streatham yesterday and she confirmed it within seconds of touching my legs. ‘You’re starting to get shin splints.’ It’s the two words most runners dread and, having suffered before, I knew the telltale signs were there all [...]
Mar
16
Another day, another landmark and just before making it home this morning, I clocked up my 700th mile since I started this challenge towards the end of September last year. Once again, the second day after the long run was the most painful… the legs frightfully stiff and me limping around Streatham on one of [...]
Mar
12
Not much to report today really… At around 10 this morning I went to my local gym, the Virgin Active in Streatham and had a sports massage with Lillian before a rather boring treadmill run followed by a weights sessions. The legs are feeling less tight than at any time over the last two weeks… [...]
