Week 3 done and dusted

10 Jul 2011, 7:33 p.m.

Well it has been a good week for me and it isn't often that I can say that when it comes to my running.  I went out on Monday and di 4 miles and just felt so good.  That feeling of it all being right ; no pain and just really enjoyed it all and ran an a...

Tennis and a 7 mile run

2 Jul 2011, 5:33 p.m.

Well I am struggling with the new format here because I am not finding this blog page easily to do my posts!  What am I doing wrong?  I get to a page that has everyone who is commenting on the blogs appears but not the +add a new post bit just edit prof...

I have realised what my runni...

19 Jun 2011, 6:20 p.m.

Hi, Well as I was running the streets of Reading I realsied what my preparation for the Great North has been missing...it is having a blog going and other people supporting me when the going gets tough. So here I am.  I have had a rough few months one w...

Well, it wasnt the great Sout...

24 Oct 2010, 8:57 p.m.

I managed to go out today and do a three mile run which given that 9 weeks ago I was sat in a wheelchair in the Royal berks waiting for my crutches, I am pleased with my progress. I went to the great South today as my friend Lindsay was running.  I felt...

I am back!!!

4 Oct 2010, 9:14 p.m.

Well, I know that I have been away for a few months but I am back! I had started running again in June after having a few weeks off post VLM 2010 and was looking forward to getting some runs in and doing the Great South in October.  In July, i picked up...

A briilliant day

26 Apr 2010, 9:39 p.m.

Well, I thought that I would write up my blog before I go and read how you all dd....I hope that you did well and achieved all that you had hoped for. I finished in 5hrs 36 mins (with 9 minutes of queuing for the loo) but am over the moon as this was 22...

last run......

22 Apr 2010, 5:51 p.m.

has been completed and first day of carbo loading is over! I cant beleive how difficult it is to eat the amount of carbs that Simones's appraoch requires. I am going to Guildford tomorrrow so I am hoping to go on up to Excel and get my things late on in...

Semi lead legs

18 Apr 2010, 7:41 p.m.

Although I havent been ill or anything I am quite tired and so finding running a bit tiring at the moment.  Decided not to push things today and just did a very gentle 3 miles today. I thought that I am better doing 2 x 3 miles than pushing 6 miles and ...

Jet lag is a real pain..

14 Apr 2010, 6:23 p.m.

Thank you for all the nice comments about my pics. The jetlag is a real problem at the moment though. I just can not get the sleep pattern right and I am still wide awake at 2am which is not the best of preparion for next weekend. It will get better I k...

A change is as good as a rest...

12 Apr 2010, 8:55 p.m.

OK this is the the photo to whet the appetite as this was the view from my cabin in the evening for when we got back from diving and was sat in my hammock reading a book! We had a brilliant time in Honduras on Roatan Island. They say a change is as go...

I am off to the sun.......

2 Apr 2010, 12:59 a.m.

am sat in bed at the moment doing this post and then I really must get up and do the packing!!! I did a really good "half-marathon" yesterday as my long run of the week and then did all those little jobs that have to get done before you go off on holdia...

AM currently sitting on a bag...

28 Mar 2010, 7:26 p.m.

which I know sounds rather strange but after a 20 mile LSR on a Sunday; which I dont usually do and in the afternoon as well, my glutes are a tad on the sore side so am icing them.  Have already had the feet in cold water and ice on the ancilles and cal...

4 mins 29 secs faster....

21 Mar 2010, 7:27 p.m.

than last year!!!!! I am over the moon as I got below 2hrs 20 mins and really wasnt sure if I was goiing to be able to run as the calf kicked off again on Friday evening after a very cold and very wet 5 mile run.  I iced it like there was no tomorrow an...

A big thank you.....

14 Mar 2010, 10:12 p.m.

for all the support that you have given me over the last couple of days over my stupid calf injury. just to get you all up to date. I did a really good 5 mile run on Monday and an equally good gym session on Tuesday.  Then headed down to Poole to a conf...

Advice please

12 Mar 2010, 4 p.m.

Hi I went for a run yesterday and now I have quite a bit of pain in my right calf- feels like a pulled muscle. I am supposed to do a long run this weekend so am icing and resting. My gut feeling is that I should miss the LSR to ensure that it heals up a...

18 miles is a bloody long way...

6 Mar 2010, 5:35 p.m.

I have decided that is the statement of the day if not my year! I did not do this one in the right way but the good news is that I did it!!! The whole thing about mind over matter is so true. I did a route that I dont usually do and wont be doing it aga...

Am pleased to say....

27 Feb 2010, 4:46 p.m.

that  I ran 16 miles without needing to go to the loo today!! Now, those of you who have done London before will know why I am so pleased with that. The queues for the loos all add time to your chip time and they are really not very nice when you get fu...

I am definitely getting fitter

22 Feb 2010, 9:44 p.m.

as I have just run 4 miles in 42 mins 30 secs.  Now I know that for many of you running miles at about 10 mins 30 secs is slow but when I run my LSR I am running a minute slower than that and on shorter runs at least 30 secs slower SO for me this shows ...

Pleased with myself..

20 Feb 2010, 4:24 p.m.

I have been out to do my long run today and although it wasnt easy (are they ever!) I am pleased with myself. I ran 14 miles in 9 minutes less than I did this time last year and I managed to run it all with no walks to keep me going.  There were a few m...

a mucky run...

17 Feb 2010, 4:47 p.m.

My poor little peugeot needed to go to the garage this afternoon as there is a bit of a problem with the steering. I got them to drop me at the gym as  they wanted it for a couple of hours.  You will spot a flaw in my plan shortly!! I thought that I wou...

A SSR not a LSR...

16 Feb 2010, 11:40 a.m.

well, I was hacked off with some of my staff coming into work at the end of last week with streaming colds and I was right to be!!! I am now the proud owner of 1 red nose; 2 blocked nostrils;3 cracks on my lips;4 packs of ultra balm tissues etc etc. You...

No, I havent gone mad

14 Feb 2010, 12:55 a.m.

and done another run already.  In fact, I am sat in bed with my Sunday morning cup of tea feeling very virtous that the LSR is over for the weekend and I dont have anything to do today until I go out to meet up with my Istabul friends this evening. I ha...

I know it is supposed to be a...

13 Feb 2010, 2:31 p.m.

I seem to have lost all sense of pace this morning.  I was doing a 12 mile run for my LSR but obviously the 101 Runnning Songs on the ipod gave my legs a different message. Overall, I ran it 7  minutes faster than I had intended with most of the miles b...

it's cold.....

8 Feb 2010, 9:44 p.m.

and snowing a bit here but I was very good and got my stuff on and went off for a five mile run this evening when I got home.  I knew that it woudl be difficult to motivate myself to go out so I had out all of the clothes out ready for me. I looked quit...