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Tag Archives: wet
Wk4 – 7.45M speedwork
After my abismal attempt at 7 miles of speedwork last Wednesday (- I only managed 2.5 miles before stopping the treadmill), I thought I would try a different approach. Here was the plan before last nights run: Run outside, and not on … Continue reading
Wk43 – 26.8M WHW Milngavie to just past Drymen and back
Saturday was my second long run of my Winter Ultra Run Challenge. It was going to be 12-13 miles from Milngavie and back: 24 – 26 miles along the West Highland Way. The weather was meant to be rain all … Continue reading
Posted in Run, Ultramarathon, West Highland Way
Tagged beach tree inn, carbeth, drymen, gartness, milngavie, rain, run, way, west highland way, wet, whw.west.highland, wind
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Wk41 – 6.5M Nithsdale
Quote of the day: “The best part of a run? The birds chirping, the awesome air, and the fact that a lot of people are still sleeping. The worst? The first couple of steps. Just getting the creaks out.” Summer … Continue reading
Running in the rain anyone?
With Autumn just around the corner… well not really… but it seems to have been a bit of a wet Summer (and I got drenched last night on a run), I wanted to get some thoughts together on running in the … 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
Posted in Run
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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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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