Bad run today. Chugged along the canal for 3 kilometres before having to stop for a walk, and never really got going again. I amused myself by listening to a collection of podcasts from Hal Higdon and the US Runner’s World magazine, the latter mainly on the subject of the New York Marathon. I’ve had it in mind that I have so few marathons in me that I should aim to do them in different countries, so I’ve not seriously thought about doing another in the US.… READ MORE.... …
Month: September 2006
There’s nothing the British like so much as a joke they really know, so it’s been impossible to mention to anyone in recent weeks that I’m going to, or have just come back from, Iceland, without some mention of Tesco or Sainsbury’s. As they throw their head back and guffaw loudly, I quietly thank the god of destiny that I wasn’t born with a jokey name.… READ MORE.... …
Donald Trump’s comedy barnet, part sculpture, part hibernating mammal, is rightly considered suitable for late-night viewing only, so the TV series constructed in its honour, The Apprentice, means little sleep for the tiny community of people entertained both by weighty business issues and the irresistible bitchiness of (superbly-misnamed) "reality TV". Another well-past-midnight climb up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire meant I’d got home from work feeling too tired to go out for a run this evening.… READ MORE.... …
Another leaden 3½ mile run-walk this evening, but I may have glimpsed the first rays of hope on the dark horizon. During the last mile or two, just as I was resigning myself to the usual extended, and enforced, warm-down walk, I found one or two of those… bouncy moments when I could almost kid myself I was running freely, and with self-confidence.… READ MORE.... …
If the Chinese can do it, so can I. September 5th – the Running Commentary New Year. The point where we throw off the excesses of summer and tuck into healthier fare. I’ve said something similar a hundred times. Most recent entries here record the explosion of good intentions. We know what happens next. Yes indeed, many good intentions have exploded in this space.… READ MORE.... …