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I had a strange ambivalence towards running this morning. It wasn’t a case that I didn’t want to: more a case of not being bothered about it. This is possibly something to do with the fact that the hard work is done and the next three weeks is about comprehensively sorting out my niggly injuries [...] In contrast to March 15th, the day after the last time I ran 22.95 miles, I decided to take it really easy earlier today. I set the machine to 6mph and completed 3.25 miles in 32.17, my ankle only twinging lightly in the first half-mile. Afterwards I marvelled at how relaxed my legs were, although [...] I did my level best to get up on time this morning, but failed miserably. I knew this because it was still dark when the alarm went off. Worse still, when I finally did make it downstairs some time later, it was 5.40am… though I still have no idea whether this was in new money [...] If you are easily scared, I suggest that you might want to avoid looking at the photo of Mark and I below… though I have to say that I blame the photographer (me) rather than the subject matter! I’d arranged to meet Mark after work so that we could run the section of the marathon [...] I had resigned myself to not running today, on account of a painful ankle, knackered legs and a touch of hayfever. That is, until I spoke to Cliff this afternoon. Despite running a 50-mile (FIFTY MILE!) race on Saturday in Paris with Pete and Daren, the lune was still seriously contemplating going to Circuit Training [...] It was the Spring Equinox on Saturday evening and despite a rainy start to Sunday, by the afternoon it was glorious. This meant that, despite feeling pretty knackered, I spent the afternoon moving pots and furniture back into the garden, edging the grass and generally titivating. Which is partially why I’m writing this post a [...] Earlier this morning I climbed aboard the magic carpet to do my weekly Friday-five-miler. I started at 7mph and increased the speed by 0.2mph for each quarter mile until I reached 9mph. Then I reduced the speed by the same amount until I reached 8mph, where I stuck it out until the end. My heart rate [...] The downside of having a training program is having to stick to it, whether or not you feel like it. This morning I did not feel like it. However, I still jumped on the machine and set to with the specified task of running 10 miles. After a brief warm-up, I varied the speed every [...] As per the last few Mondays, I did a short run this morning to take the edge off yesterday’s long one. What was instantly surprising was that, beyond a slight initial stiffness in the legs, I felt no other after-effects and happily increased the speed, varying from 6mph initially to between 7 and 8.5mph. In [...] This has been a really sociable weekend, at least by our recent standards! Friday night we met Dai, Kath, Daren and Claire at Noori’s in Brighton for great conversation and delicious curry. Last night we were treated to an adventurous dinner party by Grant & Karen… the food from all three courses was amazing, the [...] |
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