I’m in a bit of a slump. My marathon training starts on 28th December, and until then I’m just running. I’ve never done ‘just running’ before. I ran on Tuesday morning; a local route down the nearest main road, round town and back again. It’s downhill all the way out and uphill all the way…
Month: November 2015
Slow-Mo Running. A shiver shared…
At 9:30 last night, after half a bottle of rather lovely red wine, I suddenly remembered The Thing I Had Forgotten…. moustaches. You can’t run a mo run without moustaches! Luckily, this household lacks nowt it’s got on the crafting front, so I unearthed my felting kit, selected some yarn, and set to work. “What…
Slow progress
This has not been a good week for the running. As in, I haven’t really done any. And when I say I haven’t really done any, I do mean none at all. When I start the training programme proper, on 28th December, there will be three runs a week. In this in-between stage, I really…
The what, the why, the ****
This is my journal. I’m learning to run. I have a place in the Silverstone Half Marathon in March 2016 and the Brighton Marathon in April 2016. I’m raising money for the Alzheimer’s Society, which is a charity very dear to my heart. Running a whole marathon when you don’t have much experience is a…
Running Between The Water Stations 