Well. It seems I didn’t update on last week – perhaps because it was difficult to pull out positives… The week began with a set of two 25 minute threshold intervals. I set out to do them before work on Tuesday morning, in Oxford. Sadly, the traffic prevailed and I arrived at work without an hour…
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Run the Nunnery
Today has been a big day!! For three reasons. First, I swapped sessions around and did my long slow run today. I’ll do hills on Saturday. It’s been difficult to find long run routes that I feel happy doing early in the morning, given the weather (icy, cold, miserable) and the need to get from…
Reflect. Refocus.
Well a PB isn’t a bad place to start the New Year. It’s a PB by one single, solitary second but a PB nonetheless. I set out this morning for my first long, slow run of the programme. The target was 60 minutes – not a stretch, by any means. I’m comfortable running for an…
Running through Christmas
It’s a funny thing, Christmas. No matter how disciplined you are normally, no matter how much your body is a temple and your training routine is sacrosanct, Christmas is a time to indulge. The key to Christmas, in my experience, is to give yourself permission for that indulgence. Don’t get the guilts because you drank…
Running Between The Water Stations 