May
27
So today is day 250… that’s 250 days of dragging my sorry ass out of bed and going running, rain or shine, hungover or not, ill or healthy. Laura looked at me this morning as I groaned my way out of bed and said: ‘You’re beginning to hate this, aren’t you?’ Truth is, I’m not [...]
May
15
My experience from the few races I’ve done is that I normally feel a bit blue in the week after but also ache enough to not want to try another long run the weekend after. Not so this morning. I first opened my eyes at about 5.30am with sun streaming through the windows, managed to [...]
Apr
11
We were up at my stepbrother’s for the weekend, his little un was Christened today and Laura and I were godparents. This morning I just managed to squeeze in a 4miler – I decided not to do too much with the Brighton Marathon just a week away – before we headed off. I tried out [...]
Mar
14
A long run today and I again used walkjogrun.net to plan my route. I’ve been waiting quite a while to try and follow the greatest part of the Wandle Trail, which follows the path of the River Wandle from Waddon Ponds in Croydon to where the river dumps into the Thames at Wandsworth, and this [...]
Mar
07
Well that was interesting… a supposed 17mile run that ended up being 18.5 thanks to my map reading going out the window somewhere around Wimbledon Common, a relatively stiff and not a little painful first three miles, a great middle section around the Common and a last couple of miles where I stumbled from step [...]
Mar
06
Relative to earlier this week, this morning’s run was painless – hurrah! Well when I say painless, I mean I’m still stiff but it’s a stiffness I can run with, almost at normal training pace without wincing. Ibuprofen and icepacks will hopefully now keep it at bay. Looking forward to those 17 miles training for [...]
