Challenge wrap-up! The final day #REDBED Day 31
Well today is the final day of my #REDBED Challenge. I have managed to run and blog every day for the whole of December. As I alluded in yesterday’s post, I wanted to delve into…
Smashrun
Time for a couple of milestones #REDBED Day 19
Yesterday’s post was a little bit downbeat. Hopefully today’s will counter that, with a couple of milestones reached in the various challenges I’m doing. A couple of milestones It might seem odd that Day 19…
1000 miles done! #REDBED Day 17
It’s #REDBED Day 17 today! An update on the various challenges As you might have expected if you read yesterday’s blog, I was pretty close to achieving the 2017 run 1000 miles challenge ‘officially’. Today,…
New Year Running
First of all, may I wish you all a Happy New Year! I will be doing a 2015 round-up shortly, but with the year that’s just passed, it’s going to take a bit of writing….
Stryd – Running with power
This is a first impressions post about the new Stryd module which is the first device to specifically measure power whilst running. For cyclists, power has been a metric which has been used for years to…
Chester Marathon – the lowdown
Yesterday was Chester Marathon and it was my third race at the distance. Preparation has been thorough if not somewhat unorthodox. It’s certainly not a plan I would recommend to follow. Indeed I think it…
Hitting the training – with a foam roller
It’s been a business as usual approach to the training recently. But not without a few eye opening moments. I’ve written in the past about the usefulness of the variety of ‘challenges’ which are set…
Run Fluffy Run
Over the past few months, my running has been my primary outlet for all the emotions that have been spinning around following the events of this spring. However, chuck in a whiff of a challenge or…
Progress
The last couple of days have been a whirlwind of physical exercise. Over the past couple of weeks, the weather in Manchester has been unseasonably erm nice! Rather than storms battering us all April, the…
Mount St Helens and the bicycle
It has been a little while since the last post, so I’ll try to bring the blog back up to date. I think it’s safe to say that 2015 has continued in its turbulent nature….