On the Road to LONDON BABY! Again!
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On the Road to LONDON BABY! Again!
Gauntlets: Sub 0:30 5k, Sub 1:08 10k, Sub 2:30 Half. Run 20 Half Marathons before I'm 65 years old (9 down, 11 to go)
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“That’s it! I’m not doing any more marathons!” I said to Alan as I sat in the shade of the Statue of Dom Juan I, feeling hot, thirsty, tired and damp. The whole Rock’n’Roll camp was being packed away, the finishing arch had already been dismantled and...
Short version:
Saturday 5k Official time: 34:35 (2016: 35:34)
Sunday Half Marathon Official time: 2:56:31 (2016: 2:58:55)
Blow-by-Blow account:
Arrived at our hotel and once settled headed out to collect our running packs from Trinity College.
I sa...
Guess I should admit that I’ve been nursing an ‘injury’ for a wee while but I was unsure how it was going to pan out on the day.
A few weeks ago on a long run, one leg started to feel ‘heavy’ (which I thought strange). A couple of weeks later it deve...
Couldn’t resist trying out the new RealBuzz website. S’cuse the heading, it’s one of the things the new audio voices on Runkeeper says (the Drill Instructor in a cheesy American accent).
Think Brighton Marathon has now been and gone, I enjoyed my Mar...
Missed out blogging about some training and Parkruns #94 Crystal Palace and #95 Dulwich but it was all for:
Brighton Half Marathon – 3:05:56
I really am hopeless at this running malarkey but I will keep persisting (I have some secret hopes that I aspire...
Saturday 28th Jan – RunThrough 10k Hyde Park
Got to the station with time to spare this time, only to dash back home as I’d left my Garmin attached to the laptop! But still caught the train to Victoria (definitely advantages to living across the road f...
Tempo Run Wed 18th Jan
Not sure if I’ve done one of these before or not. It was described as: Run for 8mins at a moderate pace with 2 mins recovery, then 6, then 4. I programmed everything into Runkeeper but it decided it was too hard to read out to m...
Loved HWD’s idea on facebook but I was a little late to that party so I thought I’d produce my collection for all here (various searches throughout the internet mostly).
I’ve been saving them as I’d hoped at some point to design them up to print onto t-...
Parkrun 91 (14th Jan) – nothing new to report – Was worried about the ice so left extra early and arrived half an hour ahead of time! Which meant I was able to have a warm up walk beforehand. All the same it was a slog around in the cold avoiding the ...
Before that please let me thank all of you who took the time to comment on my last blog. Thank you so much, each was read and happy thoughts emitted into the ether. I can never think of sensible, witty (or intelligent) responses so sorry. But that do...
Can’t believe I’ve not posted anything since October last year!! I feel so ashamed of myself, but where does the time go? I’ve got a couple blogs in draft format but thought I’d better get this one on before it’s too late. (I've removed the Happy New...
I’ve now started this tale a few times now but due to laptop issues it keeps getting lost so I’m trying yet again. I’m sorry this is likely to be a long one as I want to record everything I can remember.
Saturday evening we arrived at out B&B (sat ...
Sorry this is so late, been having IT issues (still not fixed though).
Never know how to start these blogs so I’ll just jump in as both Marc and Jane have explained the reasons for last weekends RealBuzz Meet-up.
So early on Saturday morning I had a bri...
Had intended to have a go at fast walking it but forgot. So had a go on the second lap – oh boy do I now have new respect (although it was pretty high to start with) for our Kathy and Rob. My legs started complaining after half a mile! Managed to sti...
I very nearly bought myself a Burkini as I have absolutely no idea what to wear for my next event. But stopped myself when I found an old swimming costume hidden at the back of a drawer along with a pair of shorts. So I now have my undergarments sorted...
Bless me Buzzers for I have sinned... It's been over 3 months since my last blog! Just not the same since I can't add photos - stupid Windows 10 or whatever it is I've upgraded too. Grrrr...
Not much training of late following the Dublin half at the...
I’ve managed to keep on top of my training this week:
Tuesday: 3 miles with 5 20sec fast bits with 2 mins slow (walk) recovery. Ended up relying on Garmin rather than runkeeper. But had to count out the 20 second bits and guess at the recovery. Once ...
Think I’ll start at the beginning: Hmm… maybe not that far back that would be 1961 so let’s fast forward a few years to when I joined the twitter community and happened to start following a chappie called Hoss who was running the London Marathon back i...
I found writing about the Las Vegas Half quite cathartic and the comments I received really cheered and inspired me so a big THANK YOU to: Kat – I do feel proud. TheFridayGang -The thought of getting lost in a casino didn’t appeal, not finishing wasn’t...
I’ve started and stopped this blog a number of times. I had been so looking forward to the Half down the strip at night and it all went wrong, so wrong.
But the holiday was brilliant: Helicopter ride to and up the Grand Canyon, a Vegas Show, some target...
Full of admiration for our RealBuzz Snowdon legends, what a magnificent job they all did and I am looking forward to all the reports on their achievements and am so proud of each and everyone of them.
I had my own little adventure last Saturday morning....
Well I hadn’t planned on a trip to parkrun this Saturday as I was planning on having a run on Sunday but an email arrived yesterday and I changed my plans.
“This week we also have another request to pass on. Those of you at last week's event will have h...
Bit of a fib really, only managed one parkrun since February but I was quite happy with the end result (37:35). Still sticking to the run for 3 mins, walk for 1 and the heel doesn’t play me up too much. Came in as the back runner but that doesn’t both...
(So slow, in fact, I got passed by a tree!)
Before I regale you I just want to say a big well done to all our RTTS buzzers. Very well done – totally fantastic and mind-blowing achievements all round.
Today: Nice grey, overcast weather, perfect thankful...
