Hot running

31 May 2017, 8:55 p.m.

I want to start this post by saying thank you to everyone who reads my stuff  and an even bigger thank you to everyone who commented last time and wished me luck , I really do appreciate it :) So to the day in question , bank holiday Monday and the Vit...

London calling

20 May 2017, 10:54 a.m.

The first time I have been on here in a little while and hadn't realised the changes that have appeared on this site - might explain why it seemed so quiet in realbuzz world , I guess i am not receiving the blog updates in my mail again ! So apologies i...

Reading Half Marathon

20 Mar 2017, 9 p.m.

Hello everyone , thanks for the good wishes before yesterdays run . So to start from the beginning , a very early start for us all as it is a fair hike to Reading and I am very thankful to my partner and the boys for putting up with my fretting over the...

End of training plan

17 Mar 2017, 5:35 p.m.

Hello and thanks to all who read and commented on my last post . It is also great to see the increase in the blogging just lately . There has been some fine performances and training runs already this year , and it feels like there is a real buzz around...

Training going well

5 Mar 2017, 7:05 p.m.

I haven't got anything much exciting to report as yet as i am still eagerly awaiting my first race of the year at reading in two weeks time , but i can tell you now I can't wait ! After all the issues with my achilles ( both ) and the odd ankle strain l...

intervals are hard

11 Feb 2017, 5:38 p.m.

Hello . Thanks to all those who read my last post and to those who commented . I still haven't made my mind up about the Birmingham Marathon , as I am not sure how i fit the training around a lot of other summer activities but we will see . This week's ...

Sticking to the plan

4 Feb 2017, 10:34 a.m.

There has been some awesome running from Realbuzz members just lately and I have enjoyed following the up's and down's on the road to glory . For me it has been mainly down's from last Summer onwards with one injury after another and it has only been in...

London 10000

1 Jun 2016, 8:03 p.m.

Hello everyone . Thanks to everyone who read my last post and sent kind comments , it really is appreciated. Everything seems to be a little bit quiet in Realbuzz land , then I logged in to write this blog and i see that some of you are still around but...

It's never easy

17 May 2016, 6:24 p.m.

Where does the time go ? I meant to post on here last week and forgot and so I am now giving a recap on the last 2 weeks running , so here goes. In my last post I made a lot of running 5 days in a week , me and my big mouth ! On the Sunday and needed to...

Stepping it up

2 May 2016, 7:56 p.m.

Blimey was it really the 4th April since my last post ? I really have been slacking in the blog department . At least I haven't been absent from the road and in fact I have stepped up the frequency of my running . I think I mentioned in my last post tha...

Reading Half Marathon

4 Apr 2016, 6:26 p.m.

Hello everyone , here's my account of the events of yesterday. We had to rise pretty early for the drive down to Reading and i was already getting anxious about the direction we had to follow , if we would get to the car park in time etc . I am sure I d...

Final countdown

29 Mar 2016, 9:46 p.m.

Hello , just a quick update about the past week or so. The training has been sporadic as I have developed a niggle in the left leg so I only ran once midweek and spent several days resting before 11 miles on Sunday morning. The long run was certainly in...

2 weeks to go

19 Mar 2016, 10:58 a.m.

Hello everyone , I hope you have had a good start to the weekend already. Me ? I've had a terrific start to the weekend and yes it involves running . This week has been very consistent which was a relief after the previous week's niggles and tired legs....

Stats don't lie

9 Mar 2016, 9:25 p.m.

Hello to all of you who take the time to read my posts and all those who commented last time , I know the blogging has been a bit sporadic but I am trying to post at least once a week and before I forget everything ! Another positive week of running mai...

5 weeks until Reading

28 Feb 2016, 3:27 p.m.

Somehow I forgot to update the blog last week but I am here now with the update on my long slow heart rate experiment thing. It has been a good week , I have put in 4 runs and worked up a sweat at the Tennis club yesterday with Jack - he beat me of cour...

Running with the heart

12 Feb 2016, 6:29 p.m.

Hello everyone . Realbuzz is a hive of activity at the moment and i am really enjoying the blogging from you all. Never underestimate how motivating it is to read your stories. I was intending to write this post on Monday but somehow I never found the m...

A new approach

30 Jan 2016, 4:39 p.m.

The running has been a bit 'on and off' for me recently , owing to illness in the main. i had the mother of all head colds before christmas and well into the new year and so January has got off to a slow start. In the last two weeks i have been able to ...

New toy to play with

1 Dec 2015, 9:16 p.m.

Hello and thank you all for the replies to my last post , it was interesting to read your comments about Luton and them hills - they do exist honest !   Since the half marathon I have been running regularly but with no particular plan in mind other than...

Luton Half Marathon and other...

16 Nov 2015, 7:39 p.m.

Well I have finally got round to creating a new post , I have had a nightmare with my broadband and my trusty old Macbook has had to be replaced because the charger disintegrated and the screen will only work at a funny angle ! I treated myself to a new...

Luton Half Marathon

21 Oct 2015, 6:54 p.m.

Hello everyone . Thank you so much for all your comments , best wishes or just for reading my recent posts it really means a lot to me that you take the time to do that. My gum feels ok after the wisdom tooth came out , I was feeling rather strange on S...

I'm still running - great !

15 Oct 2015, 6:43 p.m.

It's been another good week for my running , no injuries or niggles and the worst thing I have had to do is make myself get out of bed at 5am and wake up in time to run before work . I like the early starts in so much as there is no traffic , and the fu...

A good week running , shame a...

4 Oct 2015, 8:12 p.m.

As the title says I have had a good week running inbetween the bad bits . Getting the negatives out of the way first , I got the dreaded 'Sorry' magazine from the London Marathon people and at first I was gutted about it . I was only just commiserating ...

I run therefore I am

29 Sep 2015, 8:46 p.m.

I want to start off by saying thank you to everyone who took the time to read by posts and even comment , I really appreciate it even if I think I am not really saying that much ! More importantly , for me it feels like 'we are all in it together' as fa...

The Return

25 Sep 2015, 7:09 p.m.

Well it's been a while , blogging that is , but finally I have something to report running-wise and that is I am doing it ! To cut a long story short I have been struggling for some time with another achilles problem , in the opposite leg this time , an...