Pulling the stop cord

The running machine has a red cord that you attach to yourself in case you fall off the end… and having fallen off the end of a running machine once, I am an avid user!

Half way through my intervals today, I reached forward with both hands to reduce the speed from 9mph to 6mph [...]

Rallycross

The weather this morning was almost springlike… not only was it quite mild, but it was also really changeable.  From welcome sunlight first thing, it quickly darkened for a band of heavy rain.  Fortunately I was still sitting inside with my espresso at the time, in no hurry whatsoever to get out.

When the weather [...]

Lunchtime intervals return

After a few weeks when work (or apathy) intervened, the lunchtime intervals made a welcome reappearance today.

Low recent mileage meant that I took it pretty easy, flipping between 6mph and 9mph once I was half warmed up, but towards the end I increased the faster intervals to 10mph until my heart rate increased to over 180bpm, [...]

Longs on 2009!

My hitherto shiny runners finally got an autumn dousing yesterday morning.  If anything, it was long overdue, since I bought them in August… the Bok would be amazed!

It had chucked it down with rain on the way to Falmer, but it was quite calm as I waited for the others to arrive.  I had [...]

Short run Sunday

The idea this morning was to drive to Bracknell to run with Phil, but he’s been trying in vain to shed a heavy cold all week and the forecast was not at all great, so we gave it a miss.

For a change the forecast was spot on and a weather front, replete with high gusts of [...]