On Saturday I headed out to Richmond Park for the longest run I've done so far: 14 miles. This was a mile further than the half-marathon I did back in October but, more importantly, two miles further than I've ever run in a non-race environment and it went surprisingly well. I was able to have a [...]
England has a reputation for being rainy. One that I had always believed to be true, but running has taught me differently. In the past eight weeks of marathon training I've had to run four days a week and I always run at the same time, thus making it difficult to avoid bad weather, and [...]
Week 8 of my marathon training plan and I realise I haven't written much about the nitty-gritty of how many miles I've been clocking up for a while. Rest assured the mileage has been climbing and the weeks have been ticked off. It's only this week, however, that my distance heads into the unknown.The furthest [...]
Last night something magical happened. At 5 o'clock I got changed into my running kit, which was slightly smelly after its third day in service without being washed (but that's a debate for another post - to wash or not to wash kit). I headed out of my office and ran towards the River Thames [...]
Back in the autumn of last year when the nights were drawing in and the street lights were switching on earlier each evening, I promised Lazy boy that I would join a running club once I'd done my half-marathon so that I wouldn't be running around in the dark by myself. Four months later and I'm still [...]
Book review: Born to Run Whether you run a lot, a little or not at all, Born to Run is a thoroughly enjoyable and facinating book. It focuses on the Tarahumara tribe that live in Mexico and are known to run hundreds of miles in thin sandles without so much as batting an eyelid. The [...]
This weekend I ran 10 miles. I've run this far before but yesterday found it much more difficult. My right ankle was sore from wearing heels on Saturday night for the first time in months, but this wasn't the main problem. What I found difficult was having no energy.When I got home the problem soon [...]
The song should probably change not only to "run 500 miles" but to "I HAVE run 500 miles", as that's what I did last year. In stocktaking all of the miles run on my two feet during 2009, I discovered that I've run more that 500 miles. 522 to be precise. That's the equivelent of [...]
Running on Christmas dayA belated happy New Year and a belated posting. I've been away for two weeks in the sun but I'm pleased to say that I only took one week off of training and continued my running while on holiday. I like to think that that's a really dedicated thing to do but [...]
When my alarm went off at 6.15am today I felt a twang of guilt as I silenced it and pulled the duvet over my head. I wasn't in the mood to get out of bed for a run that early. Two hours later as I slipped on a frozen puddle and found myself looking up at the sky from [...]