Monthly Archives: June 2020

In the last few weeks I decided to take advantage of one of the Garmin training plans to get me motivated to run and get some miles in. I picked coach Amy’s half marathon plan which is a 21 weeks … Continue reading →

You’ve heard of eggs benedict and eggs florentine… now here’s my ‘eggs lockdown’. Simple and easy to make, it bangs around 420 calories, including 27 grams of protein and 14 filling grams of fat (360 cals without the cheese, which … Continue reading →

Last week I eased back into training after not really focusing on it during the week leading to up my birthday. Last week, as I was on leave until Wednesday I didn’t put any pressure to be in the gym. … Continue reading →

I thought I’d write this to remind myself in the future, just how lucky I am and as a journal of what happened the day (and week) I turned 40. It had been looming in lockdown for quite some time… … Continue reading →

Today I took delivery of a wee present someone got me… a new HRM run strap! The old one I have is years old and it’s starting to rub a bit, so with the price dropped on wiggle I asked … Continue reading →

It’s a very rainy day today ☔️… I’m still on leave so took my time getting up, had a coffee and tried to put on running clothes that would maybe keep me dry… and they did to a degree, but … Continue reading →

Are you feeling a little lonely? A little down? Is the whole lockdown getting to you every now and again? What if I were to tell you I have a thing that I do, which picks me up, and it’s … Continue reading →

After a bit of a restful end this may in terms of training, I picked it up a lot more in the first week of June, then rested a bit more in the second week. Here’s what I did: Wk23 … Continue reading →

I don’t know what it was today, but I REALLY couldn’t be bothered running my planned half marathon. It just seemed to far to run, and I was sort of repeatedly coming up with reasons not to do it… right … Continue reading →

We were treated to this sight last night just before bed around 10pm… the sun setting in the west, and rain in the east, led to an evening rainbow and sunset, for most of the west of Scotland it seems. … Continue reading →