Run

So just the run left to do. Two laps of Warwick School’s playing fields, with around 400m on pavement around the outside of their grounds. Not much to say about this really . . . except that discipline at the school must be pretty strict. At the top corner of the course, next to the...
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One of my favourite ’slow’ training runs is to go from home to Tynemouth and back, along the sea front. What makes this an interesting route is that there are lots and lots of steps that go from the promenade to the beach and back. So you can make like Jack & Desmond in the...
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A run to the lighthouse and back . . . when I went out this morning there was some of that autumnal chill in the air again. So for this evening’s run, I opted for the tights to keep my pipe-cleaner skinny legs warm. And didn’t bother to take any fluids with me. Doh! big mistake -...
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Today is Tuesday, and that means one of my two weekly run sessions with Shana. When I got up this morning, the house felt cold - where’d the summer go? Actually, come to that, when did it arrive? So although it was a beautiful cloud-free sunrise over the sea, it was time to start moving...
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So Saturday was my first attempt at my goal of 10K in 40 minutes. For this, I’d selected the Wallsend Harriers 10K road race circuit. This is a local race that I’ve run before, and it’s a good fast course. I also had my friend The Irishman come along on his bike. I knew...
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This evening when I got in, Wife & Daughter had just finished baking some brownies. The kitchen smelt fabulous, and I arrived just in time see ‘em come hot out of the oven. Oh, it’s hard being patient under such circumstances! Anyway, earlier in the week, I was going to cook another batch of the...
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So this morning, Shana was back from her week in Turkey. Actually she and her husband took last week as a holiday at rather short notice. The official rumour going around the neighbourhood is that the couple of easy hill repeats we did a couple of weeks back almost killed her, and she had...
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So only the run left to do. And only 5k. Like it says on Run Happy, you know you’re a runner when you describe 5 miles as a short run, and that’s hardly any further than 5k. Again, lots more overtaking, and I also saw a couple of the guys from the NE31 club, who...
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I just can’t believe this weather. It’s more like November than August, with an absolutely howling Northerly / Northeasterly wind coming off the North Sea. I know all about running in this kind of weather - head off into the wind, so that at least you get an easier time of it for the...
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No time for moping around feeling sorry for myself - I’ve got that 10k in 40 minutes goal to knock off this year. With time pretty short this morning, I opted for a short run - just into Tynemouth and back, along the sea front. There was a southerly breeze & some light drizzle on...
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