Tag: running

Well. Norwich is total chaos. Shops and restaurants are closed and after the city was reduced to total gridlock yesterday afternoon the world has taken a collective snow day. Sadly my dreams of a winter wonderland run were rudely curtailed by the fact that by the time I returned to Norwich the pavements had been…

Don’t expect interesting things from me today. Temperatures are in minuses. Pavements are slippy in places. I still went out. I did the same mile and a bit as yesterday, slightly slower due to increased slippyness and the fact that I nearly inhaled my own snot and choked to death. Nice. Here I am, looking…

Well, that’s week two over! It’s been touch and go at times, but I’ve done at least a mile a day, which is what I promised myself. Miles Run: 21.5 miles Average Pace:9’24″/mi Excuses Overcome: 14 Today was a bit tough. I love snow. I really do, at least when it’s freshly fallen and crisp,…

I thought I might do another decent distance today, but instead we decided to take a long walk in the morning, and a short speedy run this afternoon. We walked into town, had a coffee and took a long meander home, walking about 5 miles in all. It was snowing lightly, or rather very light…

Friiiiiddaaaaayyy! Yay! It’s Friday! So what better than a speedy Friday night run in the freezing cold. Long leggings are definitely in order. I got these from TK Maxx, I have 2 pairs, now if it stays this cold I’ll doing a lot of washing. Pace was a bit wobbly today, I thought I was…

Well, we’re a third of the way through. Today I really thought might be the day I cracked and didn’t make it out. Long day, long drive, meeting a friend, big dinner and a pint of beer as I forgot about the running, then another hour drive home to find a light mist of freezing…

I’m trying to pretend I’m learning some valuable lessons here, and maybe I am, but really it just feels like I’m running a mile every day, really quickly, rather than a longer slower run 3 times a week. Is this a good thing? I am certainly overcoming objections, and maybe going out for a short…

Oh, it’s not nice weather out there this evening. Normally the kind of cold, clinging, fine rain that would make me put my run off till tomorrow when it’s less likely to kill my iPhone. 2 things got me out there today. One is my total bloody mindedness. I have said I am running at…