Thursday 8th December #97 done this morning in 1:47′ Started from Radbrook Community Centre at 9.30 Was raining when I started but only fine rain and sun was out and shining by the time I finished just after 11. Route wasn’t too challenging but legs were still sore from Sunday’s trail run and yesterday’s intervals […]
Thursday 1st December #95 done this morning. Had a sore knee since yesterday, happened after training session with Marcus. I strapped it and smothered it with deep heat. It was a very icy cold morning and I made sure I did an extended warmup. Had to combine the run with work once again because of […]
#41 : Sunday 22nd May #41 done and dusted, number of remaining runs is now in the fifties 🙂 Was fairly easy today, weather was warm when I started around 11.30am. I was raring to go, only ran a couple of km at parkrun yesterday, had to abandon the run to help a fellow runner […]
No extra runs this week so Chester Half on Sunday 15th will be my 39th and not my 40th like I would have liked. I’m still one ahead of schedule and still have my two weeks break still in the bank 🙂 Saving them just in case I have an injury or will have a rest […]
Wednesday 27th April: #34 #34 done and I finally passed the one-third mark of my challenge 🙂 Today was tough, haven’t fully recovered from sunday’s run plus I had a bad back caused from lifting and moving heavy stuff, so very happy with finishing time of 1:42’01” Picked a 10,5 km course and ran two […]
Thursday 17th March: #22 completed, 288 miles done, 1022 miles left. This time next week it will be under 1000!! 😀 I didn’t feel too much pain during the three days after Ironbridge and I thought it would be easy today. But it wasn’t! Legs and mainly the hamstrings felt really stiff from the word […]
15-16-17 Monday 22nd of February : Half Marathon #15 of 100 in 2016 in aid of Cancer Research Uk 15% of challenge completed 🙂 196.5 miles down and 1113.5 miles to go !! (easy peasy) Had an extra day off after trying to get a PB on my 100th parkrun on Saturday, legs were sore […]
After Sunday’s race I thought I would give myself an extra day rest, a 13 miler at 6′.50″/ mile pace is a good reason for extra recovery. Originally I planned to run #14 on Wednesday morning, but I gladly postponed it because of work commitments and decided to move it to Thursday around midday. Then […]
Hello Runners I often hear from people I train how tight and sore their hamstrings feel before, during & after workouts or runs. Hamstrings are muscles that are often weak, that’s why they feel sore, giving the impression that they are tight. Together with the gluteus group, their weakness will cause other muscles in our […]
Platanes, Crete 8am, sun already blaring!! Don’t know how hot it is but all I know is it’s now or it’s another day without running, and I have this need to run. Temperatures will reach 28c later on. Armed with my Garmin and iPhone for music and Strava I jog to the beach which is […]
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