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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Let’s do the time warp again
Last night’s session was mile splits. As I’m tapering, there were only two repeats, so the session was essentially slow mile, fast mile, slow mile, fast mile, done. As I’m stressed, my brain was fizzing, and its topic of choice … Continue reading
Perfect harmony
Tonight was a speed session. Four miles, two of them flat out. I had a similar session last week, and I missed my target pace by muchly-lots. Tonight was a different story. Tonight my mind and body decided to work together. … Continue reading
The T word
I have a long training run on Sunday, so this week is a low volume, low intensity recovery week. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, there’s a name for low volume, low intensity weeks that come before hard runs, namely taper … Continue reading
Easy hills
Easy pace on hilly terrain. Um. You what? Easy and hilly are not two words which I associate with each other. That said, 30 minutes of gooey muddy fun round Banstead Woods on the way into work is a pretty fabulous … Continue reading
Rest and rolling
I’m beginning to get the hang of foam rolling. When I started, it was so painful that I couldn’t manage more than about thirty seconds, but now I’ve started to wonder whether I need to invest in a knobblier foam … Continue reading
Lazy day
Having doubled up yesterday by going for my long run in the afternoon, today has been fabulously lazy. I will do some foam rolling later, but so far my activity has consisted of repeated sets of two key upper body … Continue reading
Warrington parkrun
Warrington parkrun. If you catch the 06:05 from London Euston, make your sacrifices to the travel gods and have luck on your side then you can make it to Victoria Park in plenty of time. This week was the inaugural … Continue reading
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The wages of sloth
If I’d gone out for my run as soon as I’d got home from work, I would have missed the rain. But instead, I had a cup of tea and a bite to eat and read a chapter (and another … Continue reading
A slight miscalculation
I didn’t go for a run this morning because I wasn’t working late and so could run after work. Only I then ended up working late, so didn’t run after work. But that was okay, because tomorrow is a rest … Continue reading
Yes – I have definitely been cloned.
Because it is not yet seven in the morning and I am back from my run. For the second day in a row. Shazruns would be proud!
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