Mission accomplished

27 Oct 2013, 9:15 p.m.

Hi everyone. Sitting on the sofa with my feet up writing this , happy but very tired . First off I have to say the organisers of the Luton half marathon did a grand job making this a closed road event. I dropped the family off at my parents as they were...

Is too much rest a bad thing ?

22 Oct 2013, 8:17 p.m.

Hello everyone . I have finally got round to adding a new post . So What has been happening ? Well , training has been going really well and i have got several long runs behind me this month . I seem to be training at a faster pace and have been finding...

Improving mentally and physic...

5 Oct 2013, 11 a.m.

Hello everyone . It has been a while since I posted on here , and I have missed Realbuzz - I have had  much going on lately both good , bad and sad . I also got the elbow from the London Marathon ballot which bothered me for a couple of days - I so want...

Sunny Devon here we come

2 Aug 2013, 8:05 p.m.

I didn't do any running at all last week as my legs felt so tired after training and half marathon. I did play Tennis for 2 hours at my eldest son's tennis club - 1 hour warm and practice and then 1 set which he won 6-5 . He loves his tennis and beat hi...

New PB in a Half Marathon - G...

21 Jul 2013, 3:40 p.m.

Hello everyone . Got back about 2 hours ago from Wycombe and now recovered after a long soak in the tub .  I got to the Rye in Wycombe about 8-30 and met with our friends and hung about near the start . Did my best to spot Berlin Bolt but we didn't meet...

Out of the oven into another ...

18 Jul 2013, 8:41 p.m.

I've finished my training for the half marathon on Sunday. Got myself a day off tommorow and I am taking it easy for two days before the run . Sweated buckets on Monday despite leaving the house at 5-45 am . I don't think I ever sweated so much in my li...

Getting closer

13 Jul 2013, 9:41 a.m.

Ok , so the last long run before the Wycombe Half marathon . Got my number and race instructions in the post Friday , which gave me that extra 10% motivation to go out this morning and put in a good effort. My training plan said run on Thursday but my l...

2 weeks to go

7 Jul 2013, 9:37 a.m.

Set off as early as I could this morning as it is sooooooo warm. I made sure I had more water to hand today , and i needed it even though i was drinking more than usual yesterday. Took a couple of SIS gels on the way too - I think it helps. As usual the...

Good one

25 Jun 2013, 8:19 p.m.

I got out nice and early this morning feeling fit so on the spur of the moment I decided to run 5k at race pace . I got round in 23m18s .. I ran at full effort and I don't think I could have gone much further at the pace I was running . When I stopped t...

No pain no gain

23 Jun 2013, 9:45 a.m.

Hello , hope you are all having a good weekend. We went to visit my Auntie Jackie in Huntingdon yesterday . I have not seen her since the London marathon and she was keen to see some pictures and the medal . My Uncle Rob dropped by as well so it gave me...

The heat is on

20 Jun 2013, 6:28 p.m.

I have been throwing myself back into the training this week - 4 miles on Tuesday and Wednesday , and 3 miles this morning at 5-30 am . met up with a  friend, Echelle , on Wednesday . She runs at a slower pace than me but i must say it really helped fol...

Why is this such hard work ?

16 Jun 2013, 10:09 a.m.

My blog title says it all - today I set out to do 9 miles and by the end I was completely finished . I don't think it helped that i didn't arrive home from barcelona until midnight on Friday . I did plenty of sitting about in the airport and I almost fi...

Still tired

13 Jun 2013, 5:54 p.m.

Hello - just a short blog as I haven't done much running this week - I did an early morning run on Tuesday and didn't realise how many steep paths there are around here. I got back drenched in sweat - it has been very warm in Barcelona this week. I felt...

Feeling tired

9 Jun 2013, 8:47 a.m.

Hello everyone. I have had another consistent week , culminating in a 10k at race pace yesterday morning as deemed by my plan . It went ok but I think I may have overcooked it at the start . In my eagerness to get out early I relied on just energy drink...

Warm weather you say !

1 Jun 2013, 10:33 a.m.

I have had another productive week of running , although i got soaked on Thursday morning and i felt sluggish after doing some 400metre sprints on Wednesday. This morning I got out just after 6am in glorious sunshine and enjoyed the surroundings of the ...

On track

25 May 2013, 9:57 a.m.

Hello everyone . I have had a consistent weeks training , finishing with a quick (for me) 3 miles in 25 mins on Friday morning in the rain  and this morning I got out at 6am and ran 7.1 miles in 1hour 2secs . This was the longest run I have done since V...

What happened to spring ?

16 May 2013, 6:48 p.m.

I have been getting up early ( not as early as JohnF ! ) for my runs this week , mainly because I was getting fed up running in the evening when it is busy with traffic in town and I spent more time avoiding some inconsiderate and idiotic drivers (and h...

The need for speed

12 May 2013, 8:40 a.m.

Hello everyone . I have enjoyed reading your blogs this week and it is great to see so many of you back on the road and enjoying it. After reading Dave Hollywood's post about pushing himself to the limit once again I was thinking to myself this morning ...

A satisfying sunny saturday s...

5 May 2013, 9:31 a.m.

You may have noticed I have changed the title of this blog . London was conquered and now I need a new challenge so being as I am a fan of Iron Maiden and I am running the Wycombe half marathon I thought 'Run To The Hills ' was a neat title. I didn't ru...

High Wycombe half marathon

30 Apr 2013, 8:22 p.m.

A friend has talked me into doing the High Wycombe half marathon - I am glad because it gives me a training plan to work to for the next 12 weeks . I have heard it is quite a tough course.Apparently it is well organised , has a good crowd and excellent ...

Keep on running

29 Apr 2013, 8:46 p.m.

Just a short one tonight -i have been trying to snap myself out of the post marathon blues so  I went out for my first run tonight , 2.5 miles in 20 minutes and I am feeling so much better for it and i mean REALLY good . I entered the London marathon ba...

where do I go from here ?

27 Apr 2013, 8:30 a.m.

Hi everyone - i have been feeling a bit deflated the past couple of days after the rush of last weekend . I cannot believe a week has past since i was packing up my gear in readiness for the trip to London. To try and pick myself up i have been trawling...

I DID IT

22 Apr 2013, 11:24 p.m.

I am finding it hard to put into words how immense the past weekend turned out for me . Ok here goes -Saturday afternoon we got the gear together after the umpteenth run through and got the fast train from Leighton Buzzard down to Euston .We headed for ...

Fit to burst !

18 Apr 2013, 8:53 p.m.

Hi everyone - It has been a good week so far , only two runs as I knew my legs would get plenty of exercise today . There was an article printed in the Leighton Buzzard Observer this week , featuring yours truly telling the story of Billy and my maratho...