The day after the run before
I can walk again! Only took a day’s rest from yesterday’s ridiculous run. I will probably run again tomorrow after the mammoth 20-ker yesterday, taking on a gentle-ish 5k as I consider entering for...
View ArticlePre-race jitters
I’ve entered my first ever competitive running event – man vs. banana in WRCF’s ‘Beat the Banana’ 5k run through Hyde Park. It’s tomorrow and I went on my first run post-half-marathon session on Sunday...
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The banana beat me
The banana beat me. But I got a new personal best time- splits of 5m30 per kilometer. Was a lot of fun for my first race. More will follow… But here’s a pic!
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Race report: beat the banana
So: my first ever “competitive” run. I say competitive in the sense that, whilst no aspect of the race was professionally timed there was a binary win/loss condition and one man (banana) we were...
View ArticleThe long quick run – New Forest half marathon race report
Sorry for the lack of updates. This has been for a number of reasons: 1) We’ve just moved house and I now have a commute 2) We’re less than three weeks away from having a baby 3) Work has been manic...
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Post race plans
I had vaguely expected to be debilitated by the race- too broken to contemplate a run for some time- but four days later I’m itching to get on the road again. The worst of the aches passed after day...
View ArticleWeekend running
Just one 10k this weekend, but in 60 minutes (more or less dead-on) and the first semi-distance run I’ve done since the half marathon. Winter, as well as having Emily around, is making this a much...
View ArticleThe routine continues
Days 2 and 3 of running with the new shoes went well, although gathering the willpower to make it out this weekend was properly hard – for a few reasons. 1. It’s still cold enough to be miserable and...
View ArticleBeat the Banana 2011
I can’t do BTB this year – otherwise engaged at work. But people who like running and hate cancer should consider supporting WCRF’s efforts to promote awareness of healthy eating and lifestyle as key...
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