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 [...]
As you may have read, I was feeling as though my training was a bit flat recently and I didn't think I was challenging myself as I was being cautious not to run too much before half marathon training starts. However, I've joined a new 'running community' website which has some clever tools that record [...]
Another 10K and a new PB clocked up at the weekend. I took 40 seconds off my previous time but suffered for it. From half way I had to stop about five times for a 20 second walking break because my legs couldn't keep up with the rest of my body. It wasn't fun and [...]
I've finally found a real use for a training diary other than the triuphant feeling that you get when you proudly write down 'Saturday 3 March - 1 mile, 25 mins' in biro. Next Sunday is my second 10K, so yesterday (when I should have been running a half marathon) I did a 5-mile run, [...]