[caption id="attachment_581" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Happy New Year 2010 (photo credit: ayeb at deviantart)"][/caption] "Aim at nothing, and you're sure to hit it." With that quote in mind, we've been thinking about what we want t...
This morning I ran in the Cheltenham 10k race. I was much less apprehensive, as I'd done one 10k before. But it was colder, and much windier than the Evesham Vale one back in July. We forgot to take a camera to the racecourse, but here's a picture...
Despite it being two months ago, I feel I should post my thoughts on my first 10k race. The Evesham Vale 10k was (in my non-existent experience) well organised, and as I hoped good for a first-timer. Before and at the start it was drizzling persis...
It'll be a long time before I achieve this again ... In my run tonight I went further than before (6.4km), with a longer workout time (40 mins), and managed a personal best for the mile (according to dear old Lance Armstrong). This still isn't muc...
It felt gooooood. I managed my longest run yet yesterday evening: 3.6 miles in 36 minutes. I got back early from work, and it was the first time it felt light and warm enough to make a run inviting. I headed up to the disused railway line, and got...
Martha watched Paul McKenna's diet programme a few days ago, and was rather taken with it. No surprise: a diet where you can eat what you want, when you want. Quite what makes this a diet? Firstly stopping when you're feel full - important if obvi...
In the last 6 months I have run 50 miles, in 7.5 hours. Not that much really, and it only lost me 4,500 calories. My average pace was 9 min 20 a mile -- which is only a paltry 6.4 mph. I hardly think this qualifies me to call myself a runner. I've...