My plan had been to run the ten miles from Woodingdean to the old Shoreham power-station this morning. And then to run back again. But the forecast was for extreme inclemence, consisting of North-Easterly gales and heavy rain… and for once the forecast turned out to be right. The thought of running the second ten miles [...]
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It’s late now, but when I climbed aboard the magic carpet to do my Friday run it was only just light. More to the point, I was hardly awake… and maybe I just dreamed that I ran. Who knows? Because it was early and I was half asleep (and also because I’m building up to a [...] Once again, the prospect of a ten-mile run on the machine was not a welcome one. I had planned to get it out of the way really early on this morning, but this didn’t happen because I sat up watching Deja Vu last night… and thus found it hard to drag myself out of bed! Following [...] In the context of training for a marathon, I have wondered more than once whether running three miles on a Monday really gives me any tangible benefit. As if to answer my question by analogy and knowing that I have no fee-paying projects right at this moment, one of my colleagues called me this morning to pique [...] It was the Brighton Half Marathon today and I crossed the finish line shortly after the winner had come in at 1.06.59. Sad to report that I was going the other direction and at a much slower pace. I had started from Woodingdean, bracing myself against a biting, rain-laden wind. My hands were frozen within 30 minutes [...] Strange to tell, but my legs are changing shape… I noticed this morning. No, they’re not pear-shaped, although they may well be after the marathon, but there are definitely muscles developing that I’ve not seen before… at least on my legs! So I kept up the pressure earlier with another lunchtime run on the magic carpet. One and [...] It was a beautiful bright, sunny day but fweezin cold outside, so I was glad that I was inside on the machine this morning. There are days when the miles just whir past effortlessly, but this was not one of them… in fact, each quarter mile felt like a whole one and since there were 40 [...] After yesterday’s run I expected to be quite a bit stiffer today than I was… the programme must be working. Still, it wasn’t that pleasant running on the machine as my hip is still a little painful. At least I know how to alleviate the pain now though and hopefully, with a little persistence, I can [...] There was a larger number than normal against today in my running schedule and I was interested to know whether I was going to be able to complete it… and if so, what state I would be in afterwards. I’m waiting for Kurt at Run to get some new woollen Thurlos in for me and my mother had [...] The broadband went off last night and has only come back since about 4.30pm today. It surprises me how lost I instantly felt without it, being suddenly without access to research tools, internet banking (admittedly, only paying bills), this site etc. I have actually had quite a good day though, getting some off-line chores done as [...] |
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