Who put the wait in Waitress? Well, Covid I guess. But it was worth the wait indeed and to finally be back inside a theatre and watching talented people do their thing was amazing. You really don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone and not going to shows for the past 18 months and […]
You may have noticed that my training diary on here kind of ended rather abruptly. Well, that’s because my training did. Not long after my epic 16-mile in the North York Moors, I decided the injury to my foot needed to be rested if I were to stand a NY chance of lining up on […]
It would seem that I have deviated somewhat from my carefully crafted marathon training plan this week. Today I did just over 10k in a decent marathon pace time and I am satisfied. Sometimes I’ll just go off-plan for a bit. I am a regular guy, not a professional athlete and quite frankly I hate […]
Wednesday seems to be becoming trail run with the dogs day and I am there for it. It’s lovely to get out with them and have them running with me. This morning was Bear’s longest run to date and he loved it. I didn’t really set out to run 9 miles or for 90 minutes […]
The problem with such an epic run as I had on Saturday is that after such a high there is a natural down. After a rest day on Sunday, I was meant to get started with week 4 of training on Monday but I couldn’t find the motivation. The epic run around the North York […]
When I invested in a pair of Salomon Speedcross 4 GTX shoes I was excited to finally get some proper trail shoes. I really enjoyed running in them and I tried my best to look after them too. Sadly they developed a fault and had to be replaced by a pair of Salomon Speedcros 5 […]
In a change from the norm, my long run this week took place on Saturday. And what a long run it was! Under the afternoon sun, I ran 16 miles around the North York Moors. It was tough, it was beautiful, it was hilly, it was stunning, it had it all. Quite honestly, this run […]
I am in a position where I live in Yorkshire but work for a couple of days every fortnight in Llanberis, North Wales. Of course, Llanberis is the village at the foot of Snowdon and a mecca for walkers and mountain climbers. But visitor numbers have surged this year and local residents are not all […]
I don’t usually write about my rest days as there isn’t usually much to say about them from a running point of view. However, today I am breaking that habit by writing about this impromptu and unplanned rest day. If you’ve been reading my recent blogs closely (and not just looking at the pictures) then […]
Home is where the heart is. Yes, that’s very true and I am back home now after a full-on three days working in Llanberis. I’m a lucky man really, I get to do a job I enjoy that takes me to what is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful areas in the UK, or even […]
