Tag: running
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The Completely Wrong Way to Train for a 10k
So, Sunday is the Adnams 10k. The race I entered because you get free beer at the end, and I like beer. I have my race number, I have my timing chip (this time it’s a weird paper thing, not a plastic tag, exciting!) I have checked the weather (cold but sunny, good running weather)…
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Dear Diary – October
Octobers Stats… Start Weight: 11st 5lb Weight Now: 11 st 4 lb Monthly Loss: 1lb Total loss: 14lb Waist: 29.5″ Miles Run: 42.92 Average Distance per run: 3.9 Horrendous Hangovers that could only be cured by copious amounts of food:1 Effect of cold weather on willpower and motivation:Not Good Happy Halloween everyone! It is cold,…
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My Running Playlist
I’m fairly confident that I have now mastered the art of running without music. After my stresses pre the Marriotts Way 10k I am now trying to run without music fairly regularly, it helps to listen to my breathing and I concentrate on my pace more. But for long, slower runs, where there’s nothing to…
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Marriotts Way 10k 2012
Well, that’s my first ever 10k race over and done with, and I had no need to be nervous at all! I carefully laid everything out the night before. I have some new capris from Thoosa, but thought it best to stick with what I know on the day. I shall try out the new…
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Winter Running Kit Wish List
Running might warm you up more than a gentle amble round the streets, but when the weather starts to cool down you’re still going to need more than a vest and a pair of shorts to save you from frostbite. I have purchased, with my limited budget, a pair of long grey running leggings from…
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Negative Running Thoughts
The Marriotts Way 10k is now 9 days away, and I am nervous. On Wednesday night I set off on only my second full 10k training run ever. It was getting dark as we’d set off late. I was off on my normal route, then planning to run round a nearby village with lit roads…
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Zombies Run Review
Zombies Run is the app that I credit with finally getting me properly hooked on running. In the past I’d not had time, not looked forward to it, got fed up with not improving and how hard I found it. I’d never managed to actually run for a full 30 minutes, or probably even a…
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Will Run for Beer
So, after rashly signing up to do a 10k in October, and being quite nervous about it as well actually, it appears that I have just signed up to run another in November. Why? Well this one offered me a free bottle of beer after the race. How could I say no? The…
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Training for a 10k – My Asics Review
It is with some fear that I approach my first 10k on the 14th October. I managed to complete a 10k run on Sunday in a time of 1 hour 10 minutes, so at least I have a baseline time and know I can actually do it, but how do you actually go about training…