Monthly Archives: June 2015

I’ve been a bit quiet, mainly because I’ve not being doing much training. 3 runs up to Thursday, plus a 3 hour (what wasn’t meant to be a) workout in the garden on Monday, and for some reason I was … Continue reading →

I’ve not written weekly summaries for a bit, but I have been keeping a track of my training… and have been planning it and changing it accordingly. Week 22 / wc 1 Jun Mon: 4.5M fast finish (last mile) run … Continue reading →

I had a good birthday, after I opened my lots of presents we ended up going a drive (showers and sunshine) and ended up in Drymen for lunch… … at the Drymen Inn, where I had a tasty smoked salmon … Continue reading →

I took a long weekend off work for my birthday (which is today)… The closer it came the more I couldn’t think of what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go. We’ve been away quite a bit … Continue reading →

Do you ever suffer from ‘decharge’ syndrome…? (It’s a word I’ve made up and it means: ) > ‘You’re about to go on your run, and you get to your Garmin / iPod and the battery is dead.’ Aaaaaaagghhhh!!! It’s … Continue reading →

I was walking to work this morning. And I felt a little gubbed. Recovery is part of my plan, so when I feel like this, I stop and take time out. 🙂 This morning was: Fuzzy head, fuzzy eyes – … Continue reading →

I’m training for the Thunder Run 24 which is at the end of July. I did it last year, and getting up to run 3 x 6 mile runs 7-8 hours apart across 24 hours was one of the hardest … Continue reading →

So the other day in work, I was in a meeting with around 10 close colleagues and the conversation got onto exercise, and specifically having enough time to exercise… or in the other persons life … apparently ‘not having enough … Continue reading →

Someone asked me the other day where I get my motivation from. We were talking about what I was up to and I said I was running 10 miles before breakfast the next day. I love running / training in … Continue reading →