The Challenge: To run 100km in 28 days.Organiser: Great Run – with profits going to NHS charities. So, we arrive at the final week of the solo challenge. This nail-biting tale of running derring-do approaches a conclusion. It has been a slow-burning story, very much like a Nordic screenplay carefully layering a narrative interleaved with … Continue reading Solo 100km Challenge – Week 4
Tag: Brampton Valley Way
Solo 100km Challenge – Week 2
The Challenge: To run 100km in 28 days. Organiser: Great Run – with profits going to NHS charities. Oh dear, I am as far behind with my blogs as I am with my running target. Wednesday 20th May 2020 A hot morning for running in Wicksteed Park again. For no obvious reason, I felt quite … Continue reading Solo 100km Challenge – Week 2
Slow Train to Fitness
I spent a long time trying to come up with a title for this post. In essence, it is another "catch-up", summarising my training to date during June. I looked for suitable quotations about June to help disguise the repetitive theme of catching up, but that would have come across as too contrived. I found … Continue reading Slow Train to Fitness
Another Catch-up
Hey, I am the catch-up runner! Well, I try to catch-up with those in front, but not particularly successfully. In fact, it is difficult to even catch-up with myself at times. Often my mind has raced ahead when I've been out for a training run, and only later have my legs caught up. It … Continue reading Another Catch-up
On Track and Off Track
You will be pleased to learn that this is not one of my famous quasi-training posts, I actually managed to get out and do a bit of running today. Admittedly, it was not a Tempo Tuesday - I am far from my springtime level of fitness due to a lingering bug (and I am no … Continue reading On Track and Off Track
Thomas the Tank Friday
In Memoriam - Ineke Poultney This is my first post since the sad passing of Ineke last week after a courageous battle against cancer. She showed her unique humour and quirky view of the world until the end. She was always prompting me to blog, and it seems my humour and photography were greatly valued … Continue reading Thomas the Tank Friday
Everybody Be Happy – It’s Tempo Tuesday!
The title was inspired by my little grandson as he walked through the supermarket today beseeching everyone to be happy! I added the Tempo Tuesday, of course, with just a slight hint of sarcasm. These runs are a bit more demanding than my gentle little jogs and recovery runs - I always seem to be … Continue reading Everybody Be Happy – It’s Tempo Tuesday!
Falling for Autumn
Haha, I'm only joking - my first run since the end of September and I didn't fall over! However, autumn is a very special time of the year. Come October, I can feel the Earth slip on its axis and there is a perceptible shift in the light-dark balance. Next weekend sees the end of … Continue reading Falling for Autumn
Ad Libitum Sunday Running
So, we're getting all highbrow now are we, throwing in a bit of Latin to make a mundane post seem more interesting? Absolutely. Guilty as charged. Mea culpa. Another deviation from tradition today because I undertook my long run in the late afternoon instead of in the morning. It actually worked out well, having time … Continue reading Ad Libitum Sunday Running
Running in a Straight Line
My posting schedule is about as reliable as a poorly run train service. Keen observers will have noticed there was no Sunday service. This was not due to planned engineering works. Other commitments meant that I had to take a swerve (not exactly a straight line, then - more later) and again risk incurring the … Continue reading Running in a Straight Line