Back in the saddle (just try to avoid the pie wagon)
Well finally Challenge 2014 is getting back on track. Today I booked two cycle rides. The first is in Snowdonia and a place I love to go back to. Actually I’ve gone for the short…
Well finally Challenge 2014 is getting back on track. Today I booked two cycle rides. The first is in Snowdonia and a place I love to go back to. Actually I’ve gone for the short…
Well it’s been a bit of a breakthough week I guess. Having attempted a cross-trainer session on Sunday I threw caution to the wind yesterday and had a go on the treadmill. Now I had…
Well that’s the end of a busy and unusual week. It started with an ‘away-day’ – a sort of morale boosting day without the boosting of much morale (but at least the lunch was fine)….
A colleague at work told me about this. Partly true and a good reason why good planning and training pays off. In the meantime, I’m still unable to run at the moment. It would appear…
It seems like Wilmslow has it’s own micro-climate. Last year there was concern that the half-marathon would be called off due to widespread snow, yet Wilmslow had not a flake of the white stuff. This…
Having got in yesterday afternoon after a walk with the family I realised I was a little tender around the base of the spine. I suspect it’s a pulled muscle or an aggravated nerve, but…
I’ve been trying to select the right time to officially launch Challenge 2014:Marathon & More and that time happened this evening. Actually the big reason for the low-key start was that I didn’t want to…
Perhaps it’s the effect of the 5am starts during the week, but I slept in today. Sleepbot reckoned on 12h7m of snoozing which is a lot compared to my average of about 8 hours. On…
I always look forward to racing properly! And here’s the first of the race-numbers, dropped through the post this morning! Having had a cold and a couple of niggles with my ankle I’ve taken a…