Some runners find find running on a treadmill boring, takes more physical effort than running on a road and takes more mental effort. While some like it others can't stand it. But sometimes, because of the weather, time constraints or other factors running on a treadmill can't be avoided. When you're next staring at your [...]
After a year of loyal membership I've taken the brave decision to quit the gym. But this doesn't mean that I'm giving up on exercise - quite the opposite in fact. I'm going to become a full-time, outdoor runner and say goodbye to the treadmill.There's some snobbery in running circles about running outside versus running [...]
When I started running I thought it would just be my body getting a work out, not my brain. It looks like I was wrong though. Yesterday I spent 10 minutes multiplying and dividing before I even put my trainers on.Realising that I had less than six weeks until my 10k and not wanting to [...]
So I've hurt my right ankle. I went to the gym on Monday thinking that after a day of resting and with my legs no longer aching I would fly through 4km (new target) on the treadmill.But not long after starting, a burning started in my right ankle and after 10 minutes I had to slow [...]