It does get better. An early morning 4 mile run on a freezing, early January morning. Minus seven degrees, the pavements white with a patina of frozen snow. What a great feeling it was, legging it down the broad avenue through the estate, past the herd of startled deer. Everything was new and raw and fresh and exciting. I came back, pumped up and starving for everything.… READ MORE.... …
Month: January 2003
Five days into 2003, and one of the runs of the year to report. Here was one of those frozen-but-sunny-and-windless mornings that people always list as one of their favourite things in the entire universe. Along with crispy bacon sandwiches. I was out by ten o’clock. The lawn was still frost-crunchy, the car windows opaque with ice. Even setting off, I knew this was going to be a good one.… READ MORE.... …
My new toy arrived today. The Timex Speed and Distance Monitor. This is a watch that uses GPS/satellite technology to tell you how far you’ve run. It’s intended to be the end of Autoroute hell. I went out for a chilly 4 miler to try it out. It seems to do the job. The 3.67 mile circuit I do turns out to be 3.62 miles, and I carried on running till the watch tripped over to 4 miles.… READ MORE.... …
Being a stickler for tradition, I normally like to spend the first 12 hours of the new year either drunk or asleep. But this year, at 11 o’clock on New Year’s Day morning, I found myself lining up in Hyde Park for the annual 10K race. I’m going to start writing a document called Things To Remember On Race Day.… READ MORE.... …
Just 11 hours into the new year, and I’m somewhere in the middle of this lot: More tomorrow.… READ MORE.... …