Category Running

Run #30 and a new PB; 27 minutes 59 seconds for 5km. I set off very fast, in the back of my mind the idea that I should go out to beat the fastest 5km so far. I was out of… Continue Reading →

Run #29 was a difficult run to get started on. It’s been a hard week and I really didn’t want to do it. The only way I convinced myself to get out was that I’d only run up to the… Continue Reading →

Run #28 on a muggy, heavy clouded Saturday. What has recently become one of my favourite songs came on early into the run. The spiky lead guitar is probably the one song that makes me regret my career choice. The… Continue Reading →

The first part of the run up behind the prison was magical. I took a path I’d not taken before, and it took me round the edge of the ridge overlooking the Downs as they head towards Brighton. The grass… Continue Reading →

It’s an intensive business practicing for the school 1,500m with only a few days notice. 2,000m full run with child #1. Doing very well. Now just needs to build some confidence that energy won’t totally run out halfway round.

Second training session with #1, only a few hours after my second 5km. Felt surprisingly fine after what was 8km in a day. #1 did very well, two 1,500m with only 5 minutes break. Managing around 9min 30s/ 1,500m, which… Continue Reading →

A saturday morning run with lots of colour, a tantalising glimpse of a blue flax field, and the red of poppies and yellows of buttercups. Felt much better than run #22 so much so that halfway round I rather slightly ambitiously… Continue Reading →

Child #1 has been picked to run the 1,500m in school sports and asked me, the running veteran, to help her train. Turns out it’s on Wednesday, and has never run the distance before. So we went down to the… Continue Reading →

  24 June 2014 Although I nearly made it last run, I finally ran the full 5km, well, 5.11km to be precise. I did my regular route anti-clockwise this time. It’s strange how the mind works. I’d convinced myself that… Continue Reading →

Yet again, delayed posting means that I’ve basically totally forgotten this run, beyond the fact that I’ve photographic evidence that it took place. It’s really not the best photo I’ve taken on my runs. It’s main value is that it… Continue Reading →