Run

Nice easy-paced morning run, including a mile or so along Whitley Sands. I got a bit of a surprise at the steps going down to the beach at the north end though - I nearly trod on a kestrel that’d just dropped out of the sky on an unsuspecting rodent. Believe me when I...
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So after getting myself into a bit of a mess on the bike, I decided not to go for a particularly long run - just an extended cool-down of about four miles. All was well until just after the turnaround, when I was dragged back to reality by a blast from a car horn. Looking...
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Actually, not really, really slow. But it was really hard work - even though I was taking it easy, it was still tough. Looking on the bright side, after tomorrow’s Monster Brick (70 mile bike + 8 mile run), it’s another "rest" week. Note the inverted commas - all these things are relative. Workout: Type: Run Date: 04/01/2010 Time:...
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So we entered a team of misfits for the North Shields Poly Grand Prix race series. Competing against a bunch of club runners . . . we won the series, and one of our members came first overall! Strangely enough, this is the first time I’ve ever won anything for being sporty. Wooo! Workout: Type: Run Date: 03/30/2010 Time:...
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This is the time management that means I get to train for stuff AND stay married. Now that long runs are heading above 15 miles they just take too long to fit into ’spare’ time, so I have to double them up with something else. So for the next twelve weeks or so, I’m getting...
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It was all going so well too - right up to the point where I reached the turnaround point and realised that I’d had the benefit of a tailwind for nearly five miles, that the temperature had dropped, and that it was now starting to rain too. BAH! Workout: Type: Run Date: 03/23/2010 Time: 18:48:46 Total Time: 1:04:00.00 Calories: 974 Distance: 8.5...
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Most people suffer from jelly legs if they have to run after cycling. Not me, it seems! Workout: Type: Run Date: 03/21/2010 Total Time: 00:13:34.00 Calories: 231 Distance: 2 miles Average Pace: 6:46.78/mile
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Friday was my first long run of the Base 3 training period. After the previous week’s relative relaxation, I felt distinctly pent-up and ready for action. With the rest of the day looking pretty crowded though, I had to juggle my schedule to get this one in, and ended up taking a day’s flexi-leave...
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The disk of the sun just above the horizon as I started my run The skylarks doing their duelling banjos thing above the fields Wife having a steaming mug of really good coffee waiting for me when I got home. Actually, this last one didn’t happen - she was too busy and sensible, still being beautifully...
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The last workout of my rest / recovery week that marks the end of Base 2 training period was immediately after my ride home, to make it a mini-brick. Sensibly, I ran out into the wind, and again got a flying second half, averaging somewhere just above 6:30 per mile. Now. If only I can...
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