Many reasons why this post is so entitled… It’s about confidence; it’s about survival; it’s about I am, I am, I am. At the end of last year, I was reading the Run Mummy Run Facebook group, where people were discussing their annual stats. And I wondered – I genuinely did – how they knew….
Month: July 2016
Weekend positives
Well, I forgot to do this yesterday, but here are my three positives from the first week of a training programme: I am adapting to running in heat. Slowly, and painfully, but adapting all the same. Turns out you need to hydrate properly *all* week -not just on run days. I have survived the first…
Training Peaks
So I’ve downloaded the Training Peaks app. This does all kinds of spooky, but kind of convenient stuff. The web interface gives you an excellent calendar view of your training plan (in the picture at the top of this post), and sets up an iCal/Google/Outlook calendar which you subscribe to. This rather spookily puts your…
Kit inspector (Week 1, day 2)
I have all kinds of confused myself, today. The programme said 5 x 400m intervals with a rest of 200m in-between each. Don’t forget to warm up and cool down. That’s what it said. Learning the lesson of yesterday (Go early. Eat something. Seek shade.) I set off for Oxford at 7am and ran intervals…
starting blocks
Well, it’s been a largely lazy time since I last wrote anything here. I’ve been running without a programme which, as I think I’ve mentioned before, isn’t my best plan. Still, with no events to train for, and my mojo declining as a result, I’m pretty pleased I’ve been running at all! I’ve managed a…
Running Between The Water Stations 