Triple day
15 August Triple whammy today. Dropped the kids off at art camp and then threw a couple of 20k loops around London, one to the south and...
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Feeling old and creaky
14 August I haven't been running enough recently. Everything is more difficult if I drop the training down - everything aches and it's...
Catching up...
8 August I am out of the diary keeping habit - holidays are terrible for knocking out good routines. It's affected running too. We...
Feeling hot hot hot...
26 July This was a really tough week for training. Yesterday was 37 degrees, today is sticky and humid. I got early yesterday (Thursda)...
Bladin'
22 July No running today, but did manage a bit of a roller blade round Dulwich Park with Leah - not sure I'd go so far as to say it was...
One Tree Hill reps
20 July Six runs in six days. This morning, while Leah was having her violin lesson I took the opportunity to get some hill sprints in...
Poor pacing... sorry Ian
19 July Ian and I headed to the park today with a view to my pacing him as close as possible to a sub-45 10k. We'd done a comfortable...
Mini speed and strength
18 July Didn't get out till just before lunch - so the glucose levels started to plummet about half way through my usual session. Cut it...
Hilly, hot, hard
July 17 Took a loop through south London in my new shoes today - hardly felt new at all, perhaps just a little more noticeable round the...
New shoes!
16 July BIG day. On Tom's advice I visited Run to Become (great independent running shop near Victoria) to buy some new shoes. My old...
Stretch out - checking for damage
15 July Wanted to check that I hadn't done any damage to feet or knees so this morning I went for a reasonably quick 5k as a bit of a...
Quite a long one! First Double Marathon...
11 July Went completely crazy today. Set the alarm for 0245, set off running after a light breakfast at 0315! Yes, 0315. Headed east...
Sweaty half
10 July Didn't intend to do a particularly long run this morning, but ended up doing a half marathon dropping down south from Dulwich,...
Something a little quicker
9 July Yesterday was Owen's sports day - which inevitably led to the parent's race - a head mental 60m dash with no warm up or cool down....
Treadmill challenge
7 July After a couple of days off running spent helping plan and run the behemoth that is the school summer fair I got back in the saddle...
Route planning with Dad
4 July Dad came up on Wednesday night this week to stay over before he and I drove the route on Thursday. On Wednesday night we took the...
On my arse again!!!
3 July Having never (as far as I remember) fallen whilst running I've managed it twice in two days! As I lay in the dust today I began...
Falling on my arse!
2 July Set off optimistically on a warm sunny day to run a marathon. Felt hot, heavy and sweaty - running in the heat is a completely...
Speed and strength
1 July My usual post-drop off speed and strength session in the park. Probably my least favourite session and I like to get it out of...
Running on water / miracle run
29 June Weirdest run ever! On Friday I picked the kids up early and drove up to Shenfield, picked up Claire and then together we headed...
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