Route: Backwards Downlands Challenge route, from home, going straight up Landport Bottom, into woods and along to rejoin route; Weather: misty; Conditions: slightly damp underfoot; Photo: From Mount Harry to Blackcap; Notes: Attempted 30s sprints every 0.5 miles, pace demonstrates I managed… Continue Reading →

Route: 6 miles, 57:10, backwards Lewes Downlands Challenge route, from home; Weather: miserable: rain, poor visibility, cold and wind; Conditions: very wet underfoot; Photo: from Mount Harry towards Blackcap

Route: 6.3 miles, 1:04:32, from home, Gundreda Road, Landport Bottom, Mount Harry, Blackcap, along behind the Gallops, Neville Road, Prince Edwards Road; Weather: Overcast, dark, chilly with showers; Conditions: Very wet, with deep muddy puddles in places; Photo: From Mount Harry… Continue Reading →

The last few running diary entries have been difficult to write; I bored even myself. It was hard not to feel I was being very pooterish. So, I’m going to try something different, I’ll log each run, but keep it… Continue Reading →

I’m almost certainly being too harsh on myself given that Run #43 was the first run for almost three weeks, but it certainly felt like I was going backward rather than forward. It was an enforced absence caused by general… Continue Reading →

If you’ve got this far, mythical reader you only have yourself to blame given the title. Although I have forgone the option of posting a selfie in my nice new lycra. As stories go it’s not the most interesting, but… Continue Reading →

Today was run #41 and the day of the Downlands Challenge. Godmother of Child #1, having followed my nascent running career via Facebook, had suggested we enter as an excuse to come visit. It was a  beautiful early autumn morning,… Continue Reading →

Having failed last weekend to run a full 5 miles, run #40 was the run to do it on. Having better armed myself with the route of the Downland Challenge 5 mile course, I set-off. Basically, hypothetical reader, it was… Continue Reading →

Having now signed up for the Downlands Challenge today seemed like a good day to try the course, which is 5 miles long, basically straight up and down again. However, with my calf still niggling me I decided to take it… Continue Reading →

Autumn is here and the kids’ bedtime is starting to get in the way of running in the evening. I suspect it is actually the other way round and my running is going to get in the way of their… Continue Reading →