Jack frost has srrived in London. Presumably he didn't use public transport to get here because that is letting us down for the time being. Wednesday and Thursday I ran down the Thames at lunchtime expecting to see people in Victorian dress scating across its frozen surface. It was pretty cold.What surprised me more than [...]
I'd like to say I sprang out of bed in one joyful bound into my trainers, but that would be a lie. In truth I'm still trying to shake off a cold which is making the left hand side of my face ache and when the alarm went off at 6.10am, I didn't want to [...]
I'm still plodding on, clocking up a few miles here and there. On Saturday I headed out to Richmond Park and now that winter has really set in it was really quiet - almost nobody but me and the hundreds of deer roaming around.I really enjoyed my run on Saturday. Maybe it was because I've [...]
It has suddenly gotten a few degrees colder in London. I've finally had to turn on the heating in my flat and add a hat and gloves to my regular running wardrobe. I noticed that Paula Radcliffe had the same pair of blue Nike gloves on at the start of the New York marathon but [...]
It's been a few weeks since my last jubilant post-half-marathon posting. After the customery resting period I went out for a couple of tentative jogs to get my legs working again after a good few days of walking like John Wayne. But something was missing, running didn't feel right.I ran at the weekend round my usual [...]
2 hours and 4 minutes. There's quite a few things that you could in that time. Watch a film, clean the bathroom, eat a nice meal. But are any of them as rewarding as running 13.1 miles cheered on as though you're a celebrity... if there is I'm yet to discover it.On Sunday I completed [...]
I've just recieved this...CommiserationsBy now you should have received the news that your application to run in the 2010 Virgin London Marathon was unsuccessful. This news was contained in our Marathon News “Rejected” magazine which should have been delivered to you by post along with your Virgin London Marathon Rain Jacket.Thank you for donating your [...]
Nearly six months ago I entered the ballot for the 2010 London marathon. Those months have gone quite quickly but the last coupe of days have dragged on. A letter is somewhere in the postal system on its way to tell me whether I have a place or not.For the past few days I diligently [...]
With two weeks to go until my half marathon this weekend saw the last of my long runs before the big day. I ran 11 miles on Saturday around Richmond Park and am now looking forward to a big reduction in the amount of miles I'll be doing and a big increase in the amount [...]
I've been away in Ireland for a week, Galway and Kerry to be precise and, reasoning that trying to fit in the odd few miles as and when I could would be less painful than the guilt of not running, I took my trainers with me.Given that, from my observations and not based on meterologocal [...]