Stuff about running.
5 min read
My original plan had been to complete 4 weeks of training and make my final final decision (there had been previous final decisions but this was definitely the final final one) but I've made the decision a week early and I won't be taking part in this years LL50. I hadn't mentioned it but since early last week I have had a niggle in my right knee...
3 min read
Two weeks done and to be honest it's felt a lot longer than that but not too surprising when I take a look at my running this year; I haven't had this kind of consistent training since last year. I was struggling a bit following last weeks plan and ended up missing Thursday's (S&C) and Friday's (6 miles easy) session as I needed all of my physical and mental energy to make sure I got in enough work hours towards the end of the week...
3 min read
So I've just finished my first full week of training in 4-5 months (it depends on if you count running 12 half marathons in 12 days as training) which to be honest surprised me a little when I just worked it out. Despite it being quite so long I'm actually feeling really good and performed a lot better than I was expecting...
4 min read
I found myself this morning in desperate need of a plan. A club marathon I had signed up to months ago and kept forgetting about is now suddenly two weeks away. A bigger race, the Lakeland 50 (LL50) which consists of 50 miles and 10,000ft of ups and downs, has also crept up on me and is 14 weeks away...
3 min read
I'm a runner. Pretty much everybody that knows me would say so and I would agree. The only issue is lately I just haven't been running much. There's been a steady decrease since last September when I hurt myself on an attempted 69ish mile run and had to pull out after 41 miles...