OK a mild hangover is not the best way to start a Sunday morning but despite that i set off on a run to try out my new Asics GEL-Stratus 3 which were sent to me from the people at DMS SPORTSWORLD. I went for a 4 miler on road and on the hilly parts of town where i live. I suppose the best test is to see if i come back hobbling with blisters which i am quite susceptible to. To be honest about half a mile into the run i wasn’t even thinking about my feet which ticks another box in my mind. Comfortable and no blisters.

Hangovers don’t make you run fast.

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Today i was working in a different place to my usual location to cover for a bloke who nearly died of Pneumonia over the X-Mas period (he is ok resting at home). Beautiful day over the North Wales coast. So i went for a quick 3 miler along the sea front because that’s all there is along this stretch. 3 miles.

It was a case of running under dual carriageway bridges and little road ways used mostly by dog walkers. Lots of dodging dog crap which added to the variation in exercise i suppose (clean it up people ffs!)

Oh yeah new trainers arrived today going to take them out for a spin in the morning.

Soon i will be starting a new job and as such unable to run in the hills where i work now. In the 5 years i have been working here i have found loads of running routes which i take advantage of throughout the year. I have always found them challenging and can probably count on one hand the times where i have run and truly found pleasure. I think i will miss them they have became so familiar. I will still be working in quarry environments in new hills so i suppose i have the fun of finding new places to plod to come.

I went for a 4 miler in the hills today and as i was running i was saying in my head “i aint gonna miss this!” but i will. I took these last summer on my phone while out running.

I did set out to go for a 4 miler but ended up doing about 6 miles after taking a random detour into some woods. I have run past this entry point into the woods on numerous occasions but it has only recently been open to the public after some commercial loggers had finished there. It seemed pretty straight forward until i came across a fork in the path. I took the left and this inevitably took me deeper into the trees and at one point i was slightly navigationally embarrassed. I had my phone on me (for the snaps)and received a phone call from the wife. It felt a bit odd chatting away standing in the middle of some woods during a run. I eventually came out on a narrow tarmac road and headed downhill which took me to a 5 mile point marker i use on another route.

Took a few snaps on the way. The bush with the face on i have taken on different runs a few times including one when it was covered in snow but you could still see the face. I will try and get them all together.

I was working on Anglesey this morning and found the start for the half marathon. The route looks nice and flat hoozah!

Getting ready for the next race this year which is as you have probably guessed by the subtle title of this blog post The Sheffield Half Marathon which is being run on the same day as the London Marathon. A few thousand people will be doing it so this will be the biggest race in terms of numbers of people that i have ever done.

After a rest day on Monday after Sundays race and a mild hangover the week so far has gone like this.

• Tuesday 4 miler
• Wednesday 8 miler
• Thursday 5 miler