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Phil — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:19:53 +0000

Did the Farndon 10km race this afternoon with my wife and a mate of mine. We all got PB’S on an undulating route which was very pleasing indeed. I had no race plan and was even more chuffed for this reason. I kind of secretly hoped i would get close to my 48:20 which i got just over a year ago. Here i managed a 46:55 which blew that out of the water. One of the best things about this race was the comfortable feeling i had all the way round and at the 4 mile point i just accelerated and passed lots of club runners that looked a lot taller and thinner than me. Shallow i know but there you go.

A 5 and a 4

Phil — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:52:43 +0000

Yesterday i really didn’t feel like going for a run. I was tired at work all day and had the feeling i was getting a cold or something but i got my arse out of the door and went for a 5 miler. Today i felt better and when i finished work i went for another 5 miler but the GPS only says i did just over 4 that’s because i ran off without switching the thing on. DOH!

Ran 4.37 miles in 35:52 @ 8:12 min/miles pace

The new trainers given me a nice blister on the end of my toe. It’s not sore and i can’t wait to pop this little beauty.

Fast 4 Tuesday.

Phil — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:23:41 +0000

Just got back from a 4 miler. I had a few Guinness last night not many just more than one and i felt it today during this run. Race weekend this Sunday it’s advertised as an undulating 10km……eeps!

Ran 4.21 miles in 34:19 @ 8:09 min/miles pace

10 Miler

Phil — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:47:54 +0000

I haven’t run this far in a long time. A good friend (has to be to run with me) came with me and we kept a nice steady pace all the way round except for the last mile where we both pushed it which is turning into a bit of a habit now. The last mile has some uphill bits and just adds to the overall pain. Pleased to get a double figure run under the belt.

Ran 10.01 miles in 1:32:20 @ 9:13 min/miles pace

New Daps

Phil — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:56:43 +0000

Got up this morning and went for a 4 miler. No scoff so i felt quite tired during the run. Went to Chester after the run to a specialist running shop to get some trainers. They have a treadmill and a camera to record the foot strike etc. Quite interesting to see the mechanics of your own foot in slow motion. Apparently i have a neutral style of running which it turns out is good. So i spent a small fortune on these.

Ran 4.21 miles in 35:32 @ 8:26 min/miles pace

In The Hills And Race Numbers

Phil — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:41:29 +0000

Got our race numbers through the post today for the Farndon 10km race on the 7^th March. I haven’t touched a drop of booze since the last disastrous race preparation and do not intend to. Always nice to get the numbers quite early because for me it puts a bit more focus on the training. However because I am going to be running a Marathon quite soon I still have an eye on that and as such have planned some long distance work which I suppose is not great for 10km speed training. Who am I kidding I’m a 2 stone overweight amateur runner talking like a pro ………………. I love it.

Went for a 5 miler in the hills which turned out to be a nice run after having another rest day yesterday.

Ran 5.03 miles in 43:42 @ 8:41 min/miles pace

Fartlek, Hills, type of run

Phil — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:29:42 +0000

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 temperatures outside. I ended up doing an odd sort of run. My legs were tired from yesterdays efforts so i just ran as hard as i could uphill which there are many where i was today and then sort of bimbled on the downhill bits.

Ran 4.23 miles in 39:04 @ 9:14 min/miles pace

8 Miler.

Phil — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:06:18 +0000

Just got back from a looped 8 miler. The route includes a massive hill. I say massive it’s not that big but it is huge. I finally did a run i intended to do before i did it if that makes any sense at all? I usually just run and see how i feel and whatever distance is done then that’s it.

I think i should have typed this in about 2 hours from now because i just seem to be rambling and I’m finding it hard to focus on the keyboard.

Ran 8.19 miles in 1:13:14 @ 8:57 min/miles pace

Sunday 6 Miler with another human.

Phil — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:11:15 +0000

A friend of mine came round this morning to run a planned 6 miler. So much better running with someone else. A hard week of training under the belt and it was about time i started putting some effort in.

Got plenty of races planned this year.

Arrest.

Phil — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:06:22 +0000

Ahhhhh Rest!!!