Run

Von Smallhaussen is still doing her running club thing, so on Saturday morning I dragged my backside out of bed to accompany her to the local park. We did three laps at an easy run / walk, meeting up with Scary-But-Nice-Val (a.k.a. "Put-Some-F**king-Effort-In"-Val) and her dog half way through. I did the final lap...
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I have a goal in mind - one that I’ve had for some time in fact. I’d love to be able to run 10k in 40 minutes. The first race of this year’s North Shields Poly Grand Prix series is on 31st August, and it’s a 10k. That’s just over six weeks away, so if...
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I was away from home for a meeting last week, and took the opportunity to explore (& find out where the meeting was the next day) on foot. First run after the Ironman, and my knees felt a little sore. Maybe I’m getting old? Workout: Type: Run Date: 07/06/2010 Total Time: 00:15:00.00 Calories: 246 Distance: 2 miles Average Pace: 7:30/mile
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I couldn’t believe it - I’d got to the end of the bike, 20 minutes ahead of schedule! The Family were waiting to see me coming into the paddock and then into the transition tent to ditch the bike shoes and slip on my trainers for that short run - I was just 26.2...
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Arrived in Nice on Tuesday . . . couldn’t sleep on Wednesday morning, so I went for a run along the prom, before getting home (back to the fab apartment Wife had sorted) to unpack the bike. Later in the day, I felt really, really tired, and was initially worried that I was...
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Well into taper, and today was my last "long" run - an easy eight miles up the coast and back again. The weather is still pretty freaky for this time of year - a strong northerly breeze that made the outward leg a little tough, but the return home like I had...
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One of my sponsors is a local chain of running / fitness shops - Start Fitness . As well as all the usual brands, they do their own More Mile gear. Anyone who’s done any of the local races in the North East will be familiar with this brand, as they sponsor...
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Yep - in the depths of taper now. So long runs are just long instead of stupid long. In fact, when it comes to fitting them into the day, they almost seem short! Workout: Type: Run Date: 06/11/2010 Time: 14:52:30 Total Time: 1:46:28.00 Calories: 1749 Distance: 14.5 miles Average Pace: 7:20.64/mile
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My goal pace for the Ironman marathon is just over nine minutes a mile, to give me a run split of about four hours. So for today’s run, I tried to slow it down to that kind of speed - something that turned out to be a lot harder than you’d think! Workout: Type: Run Date: 06/08/2010 Time:...
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Not to self: A fat-boy sized pasty just two hours before this sort of run in nice warm weather is not good fuel. Felt distinctly "meh!’ all the way round. Looking on the bright side - this run did push me over the 500 mile mark for this year! Workout: Type: Run Date: 06/03/2010 Total Time: 2:28:40.00 Calories: 2081 Distance: 18.1...
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