Tag Archives: trail running

Ockham and Wisley Commons and Chatley Heath

Now that the evenings are starting to get lighter, mid-week trail runs are slowly but surely creeping back into my schedule.  On Friday, I headed to Ockham where I completed a carefully planned, almost perfectly circular lap of the common, taking in … Continue reading

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Box Hill Fell Race

One of the nice things about a personalised training plan is that it encourages me to climb out of my rut from time to time.  For example, last Sunday’s hilly trail run came with the phrase “somewhere new and exciting … Continue reading

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Sorry, not sorry

“How’s your ankle?” “Seems fine.  Didn’t mutter at all during last night’s head torch run on the common.” My physio looked at me. “Last night’s what?” I shuffled my feet and tried to look  innocent. “Last night’s head torch run … Continue reading

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Citron Pressé

NOTE: Citron Pressé does not feature at any point. It has been an odd sort of day.  It started off with a VO2 max assessment which was less intimidating that I was expecting, involved far too much treadmill running, and … Continue reading

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Going clubbing

I ran my third Wimbledon parkrun yesterday.  Glorious weather, lots of familiar Windmiler faces, great seeded flapjack at the finish and a Wimbledon parkrun PB*. I followed it up this morning with a trip to Farley Heath, to run for … Continue reading

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