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Wk3 – 6.5M around Clyde and Paisley Road West
I met Fit Girl on Thursday night and ran around her usual flat 4 mile route around the Clyde with her, then I added on a few miles on my own. Fit Girl is coming back from injury (IT Band) … Continue reading
Pacing
Getting your pace right when you run can be a bit tricky. Most people run too fast on their long training runs and not fast enough on their speed/tempo workouts. Some people run at one set pace and don’t worry … Continue reading
Wk21 – 5.1M Queens Park
I had a nice wee 2 rest days on Sunday Monday. Sunday was the usual, teach swimming etc and Monday was the bank holiday, so I decided it would be good to take a break from running and have a … Continue reading
Wk9 – 4.3M City Centre catch a pigeon…
Tuesday morning and the little Gremlins were up early today… I woke at 5:30 knowing that I had a run planned for the morning. A nice wee easy 4.3 miles on a new route through the city centre. 6:10 came … Continue reading
Posted in Run
Tagged buchanan street, easy, glasgow, miles, pigoens, run, sauchihall street, steady
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Wk7 – 9.59M with Gemma
Wednesday night run was a bit different than normal… my friend from Uni Gemma arranged that we go out for a 6 mile run after work. I met her at the BBC when it was still light and took her … Continue reading
Wk6 – 4M run then 45 min circuits
Wednesday night straight after work I got home and it was still light!! By the time I’d changed into my running gear it was dark, but it’s getting lighter which is good. I felt a little sluggish after work so … Continue reading
Posted in Circuits, Run
Tagged 45 mins, 4M, bodyweight, circuits, clyde, cold, dark, easy, jumping jacks, kettlebell, miles, rain, raining, run, soaked
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Wk52 – 262 mile challenge – complete!
Tuesday morning I went to the gym at 10am when it opened. As you can see the snow has finally thawed and the weather is looking decidedly warmer (not in negative numbers) for the next week at least. … Continue reading
Wk49 – Restart and recovery
So I spent most of Friday in bed, sleeping for the most part and had some very strange dreams. After all that sleep I started to feel better and backed off the paracetamol and decongestant. On Saturday I had agreed … Continue reading
Wk47 – easy run, power plate, swim
Wednesday night I got in had dinner, then went out at about 7pm to go to Bella Leisure Centre. The football was on at Ibrox so it ended up the gym and pool were very quiet. Sweet. Stangely enough the … Continue reading
Posted in Run, Swim Session
Tagged 12, 3.1, comfortable, easy, hydration, miles, quiet pool, recovery, run, session, swim, treadmill
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Wk43 – 4M easy run in pouring rain
Wednesday night… and it was exactly the same as last week as I was walking home… spitting rain… then raining heavily when we got out for our run! Only this week… when we were running – the rain was teaming … Continue reading
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