Kim and I saw Tim Burton’s film Alice in Wonderland last night, which was very strange. Having seen Avatar a few weeks ago, I am already captivated by the whole 3D experience and physically ducked or flinched several times during the film and the 3D adverts that preceded it. But there didn’t seem to be [...]
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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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] So far this week we have seen three very interesting movies: Synecdoche, New York and 500 Days of Summer thanks to Karen and Avatar thanks to Jason. Synecdoche was supremely hard work to trawl through, but highly rewarding in that the point is worth getting, even if, as in my case, it was right at the end! [...] It was back down to my parents house in Woodingdean this morning for another long road run, though there wasn’t as much bounce in my step as last week. Maybe this had something to do with the weather, which was flat grey and though not quite as cold as last Sunday, still very chilly indeed. As [...] I didn’t really want to run this morning (there’s clearly a theme here!) but I knew that I had to, so I jumped on the machine and set off to be a bit quicker than my Friday run last week. This involved warming up for a nanosecond before dialling in a speed of 7.7mph and [...] This morning I ran the intervals that I didn’t run yesterday, legs still a touch stiff from Sunday, but in a nice way. I started at 7mph and increased this by 0.5mph for each 400m lap until I got to 10.5mph. By this time my legs and particularly my ankles were causing me discomfort. Also, I [...] Kim has been encouraging me (with a pointy stick) to increase my mileage as part of my pre-marathon training as the it’s only 11 weeks away now. I just brought my mileage record up to date (since August last year) and am happy to confirm that I had my biggest month since starting to write my blog [...] |
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