The sun came out this morning while i was at work so not to miss such a rare event i stopped what i was doing put my running kit on and went for a run in case it only lasted a short period. The blue sky was welcome but could not disguise the blood chilling [...]

No work today so i got up early and went for a 4 miler. My legs were knackered after yesterdays efforts and after 3 miles i was really struggling. Gonna have a rest day tomorrow.
Now we are off bowling.
Ran 4.23 miles in 38:10 @ 9:01 min/miles pace

Tempo Run

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I went for a 4 miler and ran it at what is now my tempo pace. Info gathered from various sources based on my 10km times etc. I don’t like running at this pace for me it is very hard going and nowhere is flat round here except the beach which  is windy most of the time.
I [...]

Went for a 5 miler at work this afternoon. This route is very undulating and according to some geeky graphs from the GPS data it involves a higher accent in elevation in total than decent but in my head that would make me finish at a higher point than when i started because i started [...]

3.5 miles in the hills yesterday which without any shadow of doubt was one of my best runs in months. I felt fitter and stronger all the way round. I went for a 4.5 miler at home this evening which was a bit of an effort after yesterdays pace.
I got a new pair of trainers [...]

The weekend just gone is my last excuse for drinking copious amounts of alcoholic beverages. So as i pass 37 i intend to lose a couple of stone do a marathon this year and generally sort my health out. That first step was a quick 3.5 miler out in the hills at work this afternoon.
Bring [...]

Snow Run

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It started to snow so i finished work early. My wife was at home when i got there because she is crazy she suggested we go for a run and because i was educated in a secondary comprehensive i said yes. We went for a 4 miler.

dragged my fat arse out into the very cold early morning air today with sore legs and the fear of the hill at mile 3 of this planned 4 miler. It was as bad as i thought it was going to be to.  I have lost a lot of fitness over the last 12 days or so [...]

In the pursuit of trying to make this blog mildly interesting after an absence i decided to go for a run to a place i went to take some photos about 18 months ago. The picture in my blog banner is of me running down a country lane about 2 miles away from where i work. So [...]

I have just got back from another morning in the Mountains. I have been reading a biography on the late George Mallory. He spent a lot of his time in Snowdonia and i wanted to go to the places where he climbed. Today i went to a place called Craig Yr Ysfa. Which is a [...]

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