I’m still sore and still haven’t taken any ibuprofen for three days and so this morning’s run saw me take a go-slow around Tooting Common. I’ve also signed up to go and visit the sports injury clinic at Crystal Palace next week to see if they can do anything to get rid of the tightness [...]
Mar
23
Really, really painful
So the results are in for Sunday’s Water of Life Half Marathon in Marlow and I actually finished in 173rd place out of nearly 500 runners… not a bad effort I suppose in only my second ever race but I still feel a bit disappointed about it. That disappointment had nothing on the pain in [...]
Mar
22
Tight legs see the tights return
I woke up this morning with very, very stiff legs after yesterday’s Water of Life Half Marathon. One of the things I noticed when running yesterday is that the constant tightness of my legs may have actually changed my running style. I now tend to lean further forward when running as it seems to alleviate [...]
Mar
21
Six months done and the Water of Life Half Marathon
So now I’ve done the extra day to make 183, I’m definitely more than half way through the challenge… Hurrah. In that time, I’ve ran 725.94 miles, almost 177 miles ahead of my orginal three mile a day schedule. I’ve ran for more than 100 hours solid and my heart has beat more than a [...]
Mar
20
Nearly half way and the hydration pack test
Serendipity strikes again… As part of my training for the Brighton Marathon, I’m running the Water of Life Half Marathon tomorrow in Bisham Abbey. By total fluke, tomorrow is also the day I pass the half way stage of my 365 day challenge. To date I have ran 182 days consecutively and tomorrow takes me [...]
Mar
15
Trying to plan ahead to the upcoming races
After yesterday’s mammoth, I left it till the early evening to go out and run today, which is a shame as after a lovely sunny day, it was getting chilly again. I decided to run Streatham Common to get some hills back into the training and actually felt surprisingly good though, naturally, a little stiff. [...]
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