Monthly Archives: February 2018

Well, this weekends long run didn’t go exactly to plan, but I decided about an hour in that I needed to change the plan, and I’m glad I did. The plan was 20 miles or around 3 hours, split down … Continue reading →

Yesterday I managed to get myself into my running gear and out the door at lunchtime to do a good challenging interval session in Festival Park. It was going to be: 10 minute warm up followed by: 2 x (6 … Continue reading →

The Inverness half marathon is in about 2 weeks time, and today they published their race numbers and info. https://www.invernesshalfmarathon.co.uk/event-info/race-info/ My number is: 2343 The race is on Sunday the 11th of March and I have the Monday after off … Continue reading →

When I was on my long run the other day, I was on my own, running along with my updated playlist. Ticking along nicely, I was about an hour in, and my thoughts went to my Mum for some reason. … Continue reading →

This weeks long run went a lot better than last weeks … the difference was simply mindset and maybe the route – last week I expected it to rain heavily (ie crappy run) and it didn’t, but I still expected … Continue reading →

Last night I woke in an awful sweat… everything was so real. The Garagym has gone up in flames, and the fire had spread into the front garden too. Wrecking all my hard work from the last couple of years. … Continue reading →

So far my training for the London marathon is going well. I’ve probably done less than 3 runs a week on average, due to the weather and ice (and another cold week is due), but I’m feeling strong when I’m … Continue reading →

Running long this weekend was one of the last things I wanted to do… given the weather forecast, Saturday was to be wet and cold, Sunday (and the following week) was to be cold and icy… my best bet was … Continue reading →

I moved my long run day to Sunday this weekend, a few appointments and strength training on Saturday, plus a lovely day on Sunday and I decided I’d move it from my usual Saturday morning long run day. I had … Continue reading →

The caffeine I took in seemed to make last weeks long run go like a dream, so I’m trying the same strategy this morning ahead of my 20 miler… here’s the route I’m planning: Then here’s my fuelling: Breakfast: Cereal … Continue reading →