No Sleep for the racing!
Following on from the post about going straight to a race from a night-shift. Can you spot this on the graph……..?
The 13 Challenge
Night Time working and morning Half-Marathons – NOT a winning combination!
I seem to have a lifetime’s wealth of experience about breaking my body and mind in many different ways. And the last 24 hours was no exception providing a new chapter in this. Having been…
The cat doesn’t run my life (honest)
After work today I popped into the supermarket. I didn’t need too much, but as it was mostly cat food that a certain furry member of the household required I did my best to disguise…
A run of half-marathons, and who ate the camel?
Well it’s been a few weeks since I updated here so time to get the stuff out of the head and into the open. I’m hoping it’ll make more sense for me then. This weekend…
Life on film (or it’s digital off-spring) – part II
I’m not sure whether it’s me or just the way the Flickr website has changed. Either way, for some reason the links on the blog seem to have stopped linking and I can’t persuade them…
Beastie and the Beach – or how not to prepare for a half-marathon
Well it’s been over 2 months since the 7th half-marathon of the 13 Challenge and indeed that length of time since I raced at all (the 10k was the week after Buxton). With the weather…
the 13 Challenge – Episode 8
Well today was the day of the Manchester – Blackpool bike ride. I will start by noting that at no stage have I ever been considered a cyclist. Having learned to ride a bike at…
This one’s for me
Most of the updates on here over the last couple of months have been regarding ‘the 13 Challenge’ – my fund-raiser for 2013 which involves a pile of half-marathons and a few other bits. Today…
Buxton Half-Marathon photo album
Beautiful Buxton and Perfect Peaks
I woke up very early today. Perhaps it was the sunshine streaming into the bedroom, or the early night as a result of the bike ride yesterday. Whatever it was I was ready for a…