More falling

After two hot & sticky days in London and an evening of torrential rain, I escaped out earlier into a clear, cool, sunny morning.  I did my quick 5.2 mile circuit… not so quickly it turned out, as it took me 50 minutes this morning.  6.24mph.

I was aware that I was running more slowly, so [...]

Soothsayers

The forecasters’ prediction for today was very wet, but as it turned out it was instead very warm.  I found this out as I ran down the road carrying both my Gore jacket and beanie hat as insurance against being caught out in the rain.

I had decided against driving to the Downs as there was [...]

Back to the Wednesday run

Despite not having any intention of running this morning, I somehow found myself warming to the idea over my morning espresso… and was out just after seven.

It was a [I'm actually unsure of correct adjective for a change] morning, warm enough for t-shirt & shorts, windy, fresh etc.  It seems to have been raining for [...]

Back to the Tank Tracks

I was lax again this week and didn’t manage to get a mid-week run in.  This despite Cliff asking me if I wanted to join him & Andy P in a run around water-world, aka the Downs on a super-wet Friday evening!  Unlike last week when I couldn’t walk, let alone run, this week’s excuse [...]

Lazy Sunday

After the exertions of last weekend, I spent a couple of days descending stairs sideways, one at a time and generally walking around like a 90-year old.  I’d been looking forward to getting out running again today, but I guessed that, with a day of heavy drizzle yesterday and a night of torrential rain, all [...]

The Blighty Grouse Grind

Inspired by Daren’s recent ascent of the Grouse Grind in Vancouver, which rises 933m in a distance of 2.9km, I [stupidly] decided to replicate his feat right here in Blighty.

I scoured the map for likely candidates and the only hill that I could find with that gradient was Wolstonbury, which I stormed back in April [...]

Circling

After the heat of the last few days, it was a little cooler sitting outside this morning with my espresso and my current book, Synchronicity, The Inner Path of Leadership by Joseph Jaworski.

The lower temperature drew me to do some more fartleks and so off to the Common I trotted.  It is such a lovely [...]