Congleton Half Marathon – race review
To be honest, I’m slightly surprised and very chuffed to be writing this post. After all the ongoing issues with my foot I really didn’t feel there was much chance of me racing again. Although…
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The two weeks before…….
To recap where things have been over the summer of 2024. During May 2024 I had something of a confidence crisis about whether or not I would be able to continue running. But I quickly…
(Re-) Building the confidence
The one thing that has become apparent since I started writing about my “progress” with my fitness over the summer is that the confidence I used to have in being able to “turn up and…
End of the summer and return to leading duties
Garmin has been serving me various sessions over the past months. Many I’ve done, but an increasing number I’ve adjusted because for whatever reason, they were not appropriate (either to my plans or likely to…
OK Garmin (you may have a point…..)
And the latest 2 week report of me trying to get fit(tish) again The first week I’m going to discuss was a bad one. Whilst my job in itself is generally low-stress, when things happen…
Running into the silly season
As I’ve mentioned on the blog previously, my work schedule is skewed towards the school holidays. As such, with July ending it’s all hands on deck (well, both hands anyway) as I have to navigate…
A step forward, and one back
I’m trying to maintain a routine of updating where I’m at with the “training plan” I’m following courtesy of Garmin. (Let’s just pretend that bit is going well and that I’m not a month out…
Running Challenges (Keri Wallace) – book review
Running Challenges, by Keri Wallace is a recently published book from Vertebrate Publishing. They sent me a copy to have a read through and review on the website. Running Challenges: 100 of the best runs…
A trip to the Baltic
The spring of 2024 was pretty heavy going dealing with a variety of issues, both within running and within life in general. It was therefore nice to get away for a couple of weeks to…
Onwards, but not very quickly
As with any planned project, things haven’t gone as smoothly as I might have hoped. My plan was to follow the prompts on my Garmin as they came on each morning and monitor how my…