Terrible ‘long run’. What was intended to be (cough, cough) 15 miles turned out to be… oh, about 2 miles, before I gave up and wandered home. Too much beer on Friday, too much excitement at the legendary home of Queen Park Rangers yesterday, too much breakfast and too many gardening chores today, but most of all, too many excuses. Let’s forget this and start over again.… READ MORE.... …
Month: August 2002
A great run this evening. A classic, perfect example of my often-mentioned adage that the pleasure of a run tends to be in inverse proportion to the level of expectation. I really did not want to run this evening. It was raining heavily, and already beginning to get dark. Grudgingly, I decided to run 3 miles, and see how I felt then.… READ MORE.... …
Deciding against a run because of injury is one thing, but sleepiness? Afraid so. My eyelids felt like they were tied to dustbin lids this afternoon. A long meeting didn’t help. Result? I was just too darned tired to do my 7 miles tonight. This is a constant problem with the Chicago training. Throughout the London campaign I worked from home, and could get away with an 8.30am alarm.… READ MORE.... …
Rushed home from work to get changed and out the door so that I could get back in time to see Paula Radcliffe in the European Championships 10K. Unfortunately I got waylaid by my neighbour on the way out, who needed to know why we had a half ton of horse manure sitting in our front garden. It’s a reasonable question.… READ MORE.... …
A difficult 13 miles today. I’m disappointed, but have to accept that these things happen from time to time. Yesterday evening I drove around the local lanes beyond the canal, working out a new long run route. I’m a bit fed up with the canal. I need a break from the flies. This morning I was up early and drove round again.Finally… READ MORE.... …
Had a great idea this evening. Or rather, Hal Higdon had a great idea and passed it on to me (and everyone else who does his training programme). Do the usual route but in reverse. No, not running backwards. Just run it in the opposite direction from usual. So I did. And it was a quite different experience. Quite fast for me too at 9:51 a mile.… READ MORE.... …