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Wk29 – 5M Pollock Park wi Gill
Wednesday morning and I’d arranged a run with Gill from Bellahouston again. My IT band has been fine luckily so I was ok to run with her. She wants to try and run faster and today I thought I’d see … Continue reading
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Tagged bellahouston, gill, glasgow, minute miles, pollock park, progress, run
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Wk20 – 9.1M Pollock Park wi Gill
On Wednesday of this week I was meant to do an 8 mile speed workout: 1 mile steady, 1 mile fast, but the 2500m swim on Tuesday night wiped me out. The whole of Wednesday I was knackered and the … Continue reading
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Tagged 5, 9, bellahouston, bob, chat, gill, glasgow, improvement, lucy, miles, paisley road west, park, pollock park, progress, rain, run, squirrel, stanley, training, ultramarathon
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Wk12 – 8M taper
Saturday morning and I was looking forward to my ‘long run’ with Julie Ann. As part of the taper, the 8 mile run will be the shortest long run I’ve done in training. The last time we ran together was … Continue reading
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Tagged julie ann, marathon, pollock park, run, taper, training
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Wk10 – 7.1M Tempo with challenges!
Wednesday morning and I was determined to get out of bed for an early 7 mile run. It was meant to be a tempo run…and it kind of worked out that way, but I didn’t enjoy it too much as … Continue reading
Wk2 – 11.3M long run for marathon training
Saturday morning… it was dark, overcast and raining when I got up and got my running stuff on. I met Julie Ann at Bellahouston just after 9am and ran just over 5.5 miles out through Pollock Park and along the … Continue reading
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Tagged 11.27, 9 min miles, bellahouston, caffeine, comfortable, energy gels, hydration, julie ann, long, marathon, miles, park, pollock park, puddles, rain, run, steady, training, wet, wet feet
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11 mile marathon training run plan…
I’ve plotted what I think I’ll run on Saturday with my running partner Julie Ann. From Bellahouston Park into Pollock Park and West along the White Cart Water towards Paisley way for 5.5 miles and back. 11 mile marathon training. … Continue reading
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Tagged 11, bellahouston park, marathon, miles, plan, pollock park, route, training
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Update on the snow…
I think… snow is meant to be forecast for Friday into Saturday… depending on which source you believe. BBC weather says snow through Friday night, as does the Met Office…but Accuweather says just rain. BBC Weather Met Office Accuweather Whatever … Continue reading
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First nice walk of 2011
On New Years Day we had a nice day…we lay in 🙂 then got up and I prep’ed the veg for the dinner. Then just before 4pm, we went out for a walk in Pollock Park. It was about 2’C, … Continue reading
