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Wk29 – 5M Pollock Park wi Gill

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

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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Wk20 – 9.1M Pollock Park wi Gill

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

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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Wk12 – 8M taper

Posted on April 4, 2011 by

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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Wk10 – 7.1M Tempo with challenges!

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

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 →

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Wk2 – 11.3M long run for marathon training

Posted on January 15, 2011 by

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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11 mile marathon training run plan…

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

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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Update on the snow…

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

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

Posted on January 2, 2011 by

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 →

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