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 […]
Some days you just run and don’t give a damn about time, pace, speed or distance. Today was one of those days. A ‘dog run’ if you like but to me, it was just the purity of running and enjoying it. My 5 am alarm rang from my phone. I stopped it. I went back […]
