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… is in the bag! 3.2 miles in 28 minutes, reasonable!

…was a little stronger. We managed a little over 6 miles in 55 minutes, if it were a race I’d have a new PB… but it wasn’t, oh well!

…turned out to be a weak one alright!! We accidental stretched our 3 miler into a 3.2 miler and ran it in 29 mins, that’s a lot slower that usual but hey, the heart wasn’t in it and we did well to get out at all!

It was an early morning start, very early, and the glasses of sparkling Chardonnay last night didn’t make it any easier to get up and out. The night before I drove the car dry and had to find a petrol station as soon as I set off. Luckily there was one less than a mile…

OK, spot of bother this weekend. On the schedule we’ve got to run a 12 miler but we’ve got a 10K (or 6.2 mile) race on Sunday in Belfast. I’ve been looking forward to this race and really want to do it, but what about the 12 miler? The easy option is to run 6…

… became a 5 miler, I’m in catchup mode after missing my Tuesday run. I got to the gym late and only had 50 minutes to run the 5 miles so I cranked up the speed to 11.2Kph, up from the usual 10Kph. To be honest I quickly got used to it and occasionally upped…

… became a 3 miler. Straight after work I made straight for to the Gym determined to get my training back on track. I took it easy, as I always do on the treadmill, averaging 10 minute miles, and ran the 3 miles in 30 minutes. Here’s an interesting fact: grapefruit is one of these…

The temperature plummeted today, it must be the wrong side of zero out there. When I got off my motorcycle after riding home my hands nearly fell off they were so cold… in fact they were beyond cold, so cold that bizarrely the pain felt warm… what a brilliant design! If you’re going to freeze…

… me arse! I really thought I’d do it – even after all the eating, drinking and all the other shenanigans that go along with vacations – I really thought I’d get up at 7am on a chilly Sunday morning and race the 10 miles along the Thames with 250 other like minded souls before…

London, and in particular Docklands where my hotel is located, has changed a lot over the last decade . This shiny new hotel is right beside the shiny new Docklands Light Railway and has a shiny new gym that was going to help me see how my back would react to a little running, critical…

It’s almost there… but not quite, let’s give it one more day. On the up side Nike got back to me and I’m in for Sundays 10 mile training run in London!

It’s getting better but I’m giving it another day before I run again. No word from Nike yet…

Scratch that, I’m still in pain so running is out of the question today! I don’t believe in fate BUT… I’ll be in London this weekend and I’m scheduled to run 10 miles on Saturday or Sunday, hopefully my back will be better by then. Anyway, while working out potential street routes from my hotel…

… I must have pulled something in my back after this mornings run, it’s killing me! Hopefully it’s trivial and I be OK for Tuesdays 3 miler.

This was a real struggle and I spend most of the run playing catchup. I really felt tired during the entire run. I wondered if it was because I had postponed my Thursday run to Friday and left no recovery time for this 9 miler or was it a simple fact of poor fitness. Whatever…

I should have ran last night but just couldn’t muster the energy, enthusiasm and whatever else is needed to leave a comfy sofa and warm fire after a long day to run 3 miles in the cold night air. I promised to get up extra early and run first thing in the morning and to…

I have to say I felt great during this run, it looks like pain of yesterdays run paid off! I felt comfortable over the entire 4 miles and finished with plenty more to give, not a regular occurrence!

Ouch, this one hurt… we ran the first 1.5 miles at a blistering pace and it was tough to keep up. The return leg was less frantic but, tired from the first half, I found that difficult too. The takeaway is I have a lot of work to do if I plan on running a…

I have decided to run the Cork marathon as my mid-year marathon. It’s on June 1st this year and if last year is anything to go by it’ll be a fantastic weekend and a great days running.

Some might say it was a perfect morning for a run. Of course these people are either crazy or super hardcore runners, possible both. I, on the other hand, was at a disadvantage before I had even fallen out of bed that morning. A single glass of unremarkable red wine a few hours before made…