Bristol half marathon and bei...

6 Sep 2009, 4:51 p.m.

Well today finally arrived, the first race I have ever entered since leaving school some good few years ago.  I chose the Bristol HM as I only live about an hour away, but I still  didn't realise the obscene time I would have to get up on a Sunday morni...

I've been slacking off :(

25 Aug 2009, 2:59 p.m.

Well ever since I went on holiday at the end of July I've not given 100% to this running I'm ashamed to say.  I now run for 2 hours every weekend in which I normally complete between 13 to 14 miles, however these last two weeks I've been getting slower ...

Okay its getting tough now!

5 Aug 2009, 2:44 p.m.

Well firstly sorry for not updating sooner, but have been really busy with stuff.  Well since the last time I wrote it has been hard going to say the least (I had to read my last entry to refresh myself, and I was complaining about the heat. hmm well!) ...

Uneventful Saturday run

4 Jul 2009, 4:18 p.m.

Just a quick one about today's run.  I work a twilight shift, so didn't finish work until 2am, but with this weeks heat I had asked Lynda to get me up at 8am, so that I could go running about 9:30 to avoid the worst of the heat.  Well I didn't feel like...

Blood, sweat, but no tears.

2 Jul 2009, 12:44 p.m.

Well Saturday's run went better than I had hoped for.  It was hot so I'd started off at a leisurely rate, but about 3/4 way around I was in extreme pain with the sns problem back with a vengeance.  A quick check established the plasters had come off, bu...

The fun returns :)

24 Jun 2009, 1:40 p.m.

Well what a fun week I've had with regards to running!  firstly before going into that, a big thank you to Jon for the plaster advice on the SNS, it worked a treat! Also thanks to all for the comments on my previous post. Since last Wednesday, I went ou...

Atlantic ocean relocates to t...

17 Jun 2009, 12:49 p.m.

Well since my last post it has been really tough getting back into this running lark.  It would seem that I have lost a little bit more fitness than I had hoped through my enforced layoff, with last weeks smaller runs not going to well.  With this in mi...

Back in business.

7 Jun 2009, 5:15 p.m.

Well I have just completed my 1st training session since having my hernia op.  The op went well, and I have recovered much quicker than last time so this is good.  Before the op I was in alot of pain down my left achilles so as I had this enforced break...

Pain, Rain, and sheep poo...

18 May 2009, 1:33 p.m.

Well since my last post I have lost my running partner on the Saturday long runs.  My brother used to come out with me on a Saturday as the git was able to run faster than myself.  He really pushed the pace, so with this in mind the first Saturday witho...

Making progress.

2 May 2009, 3:51 p.m.

Well let me firstly apologise for not updating this sooner. Since the last post I have had a mixed time of it, I had to stop a 45 minute run just over half way around due to me knee playing up.  The problem was I believe due to where I was running, as i...

Back on track

1 Apr 2009, 2:12 p.m.

 Week 4 (again) / 5 Well after the woes of my knee playing up I redone week 4, this time making sure I took it very easy.  It worked!   Because of the serious lack of exercise I've done, I had allowed plenty of time for exactly these sort of problems.  ...

Music that motivates...

18 Mar 2009, 11:47 a.m.

Week 3 + 4 update; Week 3 - Started poorly due to a problem of my own making.  I went out on the Monday having had a few drinks Sunday night, and struggled with the run even though it was only 30 minutes.  I will not make that mistake again me thinks......

2nd week progress

28 Feb 2009, 1:16 p.m.

Just finished the end of the second week, and have mixed feelings over it all.  The running side of things has gone well, ending in a 30 minute reasonable pace run, even including some uphill work.  I struggled early in the week, and had to control my i...

1st week completion.

22 Feb 2009, 7:50 p.m.

Well that's the 1st week of this journey completed!  It went okay, if truthful a little easier than I had expected, but I'm under no illusions that it will get harder.  On Saturday's slightly longer run (25 minutes) I met up with my brother who I've rop...