Whew!
Two days' running in the snow!
Fab!
Yesterday Roger and I did from Helmsley along the Cleveland Way for 4.5 miles (nearly to Cold Kirby) and then back to Helmsley.
Today we went from Sutton Bank to where we finished yesterday - total of 16 miles in the two days. Not a huge distance but quite hard in the snow and ice. Beautiful today in the sun and we saw Martin and Andy also running the route. Great minds and all that!
Now I am busy planning the diary for January and March - I need to step up the distance and intensity (but not tomorrow - I am still in lazy mode)
Monday, 28 December 2009
Thursday, 24 December 2009
December 24th 09
The presents are wrapped, the mince pies are in the oven courtesy of Sarah, and the TV is boring, so I thought I would catch up with this.
The last couple of months have been good ones - lots of great races and reasonable times.
My legs stopped aching when I starteed running every day in Buenos Aires. Since there I have felt quite pain free until a few days agod when my knee started to hurt in a very ominous way.
However, I have entered lots of things for next year and the knee will just have to hold up!
There are a few good runs coming up including Marrakech marathon at the end of next month, at which Roger is accompanying me and I hope this will be the start of his London training.
Yesterday I registered for UTMB which is next August so that will be the focus from now on.
The snow and ice have been bad for a week so I hadn't run until today when I did a little run to deliver some Christmas cards. Tomorrow I will run with the Harriers and then try to keep on going.
More soon......
The presents are wrapped, the mince pies are in the oven courtesy of Sarah, and the TV is boring, so I thought I would catch up with this.
The last couple of months have been good ones - lots of great races and reasonable times.
My legs stopped aching when I starteed running every day in Buenos Aires. Since there I have felt quite pain free until a few days agod when my knee started to hurt in a very ominous way.
However, I have entered lots of things for next year and the knee will just have to hold up!
There are a few good runs coming up including Marrakech marathon at the end of next month, at which Roger is accompanying me and I hope this will be the start of his London training.
Yesterday I registered for UTMB which is next August so that will be the focus from now on.
The snow and ice have been bad for a week so I hadn't run until today when I did a little run to deliver some Christmas cards. Tomorrow I will run with the Harriers and then try to keep on going.
More soon......
Monday, 19 October 2009
Round Rotherham
It was fab!
Hannah and I got there and registered and chatted to a few people and then we were off.
The conditions were excellent - no ploughed fields which helped enormously and hardly any mud the whole route. I even caught the sun a little.
I chatted to John (?) who I had finished the Sidmouth Saunter with a few years ago and he told me all about what to expect at the UTMB.
After a couple of checkpoints I settled into a nice pace and I ran with Martin and Michael most of the rest of the way - I took on the role of map reader and mostly got it right although a couple of times we needed to double check and that cost us precious minutes.
Also - having run at a similar pace to Hannah most of the first half, I forgot my map at the 30 m check point and had to go back and I never caught her again.
We got to the last checkpoint at 9 hours 30 and wanted to finish inside 10 hours.
"No problem", we thought because it was only 3 miles to the finish.
However, despite knocking out some 8.5min miles (not easy after running 47 miles!) we counted down the seconds and were still not at the finish. 6 minutes over but never mind - a great day out.
Hannah had managed to break the 10 hours so well done to her. Now for a little rest!
Hannah and I got there and registered and chatted to a few people and then we were off.
The conditions were excellent - no ploughed fields which helped enormously and hardly any mud the whole route. I even caught the sun a little.
I chatted to John (?) who I had finished the Sidmouth Saunter with a few years ago and he told me all about what to expect at the UTMB.
After a couple of checkpoints I settled into a nice pace and I ran with Martin and Michael most of the rest of the way - I took on the role of map reader and mostly got it right although a couple of times we needed to double check and that cost us precious minutes.
Also - having run at a similar pace to Hannah most of the first half, I forgot my map at the 30 m check point and had to go back and I never caught her again.
We got to the last checkpoint at 9 hours 30 and wanted to finish inside 10 hours.
"No problem", we thought because it was only 3 miles to the finish.
However, despite knocking out some 8.5min miles (not easy after running 47 miles!) we counted down the seconds and were still not at the finish. 6 minutes over but never mind - a great day out.
Hannah had managed to break the 10 hours so well done to her. Now for a little rest!
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
The start
Never thought I would do this but I've just created a blog!
I thought I ought to do so because already my memory is getting bad and this a a great way to remember stuff - you know - the important stuff like running races. And .....running and races and things.
It's not particularly for others to read but if anyone happens to want to then they are welcome to have a look at what I write.
It wont be very well written or poetical or anything but here we go.
Actually, that is all for today. Need sleep because it's Rotherham on Saturday.
I thought I ought to do so because already my memory is getting bad and this a a great way to remember stuff - you know - the important stuff like running races. And .....running and races and things.
It's not particularly for others to read but if anyone happens to want to then they are welcome to have a look at what I write.
It wont be very well written or poetical or anything but here we go.
Actually, that is all for today. Need sleep because it's Rotherham on Saturday.
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