Monthly Archives: September 2019

I wasn’t totally sure how the Great Scottish Run half marathon would go for me… for a couple of reasons… 1. I’d just had about 10 days off running… detraining as a result of being on holiday to Boston for … Continue reading →

Here’s the route and elevation for the Great Scottish Run half marathon which takes place from 1130 on Sunday. (As long as it hasn’t changed from last year). If I remember rightly, there’s a hill at the start, up St … Continue reading →

As you might know, I’m running the Glasgow half marathon on Sunday. Someone (who doesn’t know me very well) asked me today if it was my first half marathon… I quietly said no, I’d done many before (including quite a … Continue reading →

Just over 10k this morning for me… the first 4 miles were with Fit Girl, we got totally soaked in the first proper rain ☔️ heavy shower I can remember this year. Soaked through. 😂🙈 Then I had a quick … Continue reading →

I got my number for the Glasgow Half marathon… I haven’t run in a couple of weeks, so hopefully my body will remember what to do on Sunday. Eeeek. I’ll get some miles in this week to see if I … Continue reading →

Well, here’s the outcome of the last couple of weeks of doing totally different things (eating and exercising very differently to my usual). What we do, gives us the outcomes we get. I ate lots, and we walked lots. We … Continue reading →

Here’s a list of everything we did when we were away in Boston. We stuck to the city mostly, but used a 7 day subway card ($45 for two) to go out in the suburbs a bit too. We stayed … Continue reading →

This last week I took quite a few rest days, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. I think I needed them, but I still managed to get 1 Strength session in on Monday and 3-4 runs – 28 miles. So that’s all … Continue reading →

Last week I didnt do any strength training, but got 3-4 good runs in. 24.3 miles to get me up to 115 miles for August. My highest mileage yet this year so far. See what you can do if you … Continue reading →