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Category Archives: Weather
Well that was easy…5.1M done!
I don’t know what all the fuss was all about last night… me doubting if I should go for a run because of the ‘weather warnings’…. woooooooo scary wind and rain!! Oh no what might happen?! I put a poll … Continue reading
Help me: Should I run tomorrow morning?
There are Amber weather warnings out for tomorrow, Thursday morning (22nd). It should be quite mild…10’C…but very windy and wet. Christopher Blanchett was warning everyone on the News / Weather tonight. Forecast for Thursday Squally winds and heavy rain slowly … Continue reading
Thursday Thoughts…
So it’s come to that time of the week for my Thursday thoughts… the end of my week has been overshadowed by the fact that I can’t help but take notice of the weather forecast for the weekend… for Saturday … Continue reading
First long run of 2012 on the West Highland Way
I’m doing my first long run on the West Highland Way on Saturday. The weather isn’t meant to be too nice (maybe rain, 6-7’C), however I plan to run the first bit on my own from Rowardennan, then I’m going to … Continue reading
Posted in Routes, Run, Training Plans, Ultramarathon, Weather, West Highland Way
Tagged balmaha, fling, highland, route, rowardennan, run, trail, west highland way
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Wk48 – Early morning Icy run after being stood up by Paul!
Friday morning and I’d arranged to meet Paul at Bella at 6:30am then run 6 miles around a route we’d done once before together. The last time I attempted the route I ended up double backing on myself, so I was … Continue reading
Wk47 – 33.33M around Glasgow
I’m going to make this short in bits but probably long all together. I hope you’ll like it. Today I ran my longest and perhaps hardest run yet: 33.33 miles around Glasgow in windy, wet horrible conditions. (It might have … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Motivation, Routes, Run, Ultramarathon, Weather
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Weather and route for my next long run
The weather on Saturday morning (29th October) is meant to be pouring rain (10’C ish) … although the forecast said that last week and it didn’t rain once! It will be my first proper run on the West Highland Way (as … Continue reading
Posted in Routes, Weather, West Highland Way
Tagged long, rain, run, weather, west highland way, WHW
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Wk38 – Swim Session 4 + some
Monday night – swim night. Swim Session 4 involved a lot more kicking and less continuous swimming that Swim Session 3 which had the 1 mile time trial. I’m going the swim sessions from my Sw Sessions page, and adding … Continue reading
Posted in Routes, Swim Session, Weather
Tagged 100 lengths, 2500m, 4, bellahouston, glasgow, kick, pull, route, run, session, swim
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The night before the Great Scottish Run :-)
I’m ready. Ready for the Great Scottish Run and ready to fly out to Chicago on Monday. I’ve got all my race stuff out ready and have packed my bags for the holiday. I’ve got a really busy day ahead … Continue reading
14M Half Marathon Training route
Thursday night I have 14 miles planned and it will cover the majority of the Great Scottish Half Marathon route. I’ve written about the benefits of specifity in training, where you cover the ground you will run on in an … Continue reading
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