Category: Running, Walking and Training
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Marlow Half Marathon 2024
3rd November 2024 Reading Time: Two minutes It’s always the same story – never enough training! Last year I had just returned from the North West Passage and this year I had simply been sailing all summer. I don’t know why, but going for a run after a long sail simply doesn’t appeal nearly as…
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Steyning Stinger – Half Marathon – 2024
3rd March 2024 I hung my head in shame when I realised how slowly I had finished this half marathon. My slowest ever by a long chalk. It didn’t feel particularly slow, although I was pretty whacked out by the end. I had no injuries, I had a good nights sleep in the van, I…
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Deal Half Marathon 2024
As far as training goes, am fairly erratic on a day to day, or even a week to week basis, but on a yearly basis I am as regular as clockwork. “Consistency is Key!” is drummed into us by Ryan French who runs the excellent Military Outdoor Fitness group on Blackheath. Whether turning up for…
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Marlow Half Marathon 2023
With the boat wrapped up for the winter it is the running season! It’s now the Thursday before the Marlow Half and I have just ran to Tower Bridge to check that my ankle is going to be OK for Sunday’s race. It has been a tricky lead up this year as I have been…
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A week in Glen Lyon, Scotland
End of May 2023 My friend Ali wanted to celebrate her birthday in some style. The splendid afternoon garden party in a fine London square wasn’t going to quite cut the mustard, so she rented a farmhouse and a lodge in the most beautiful glen in Scotland. I confess that I haven’t been to every…
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Three Forts Challenge Half Marathon
30th April 2023 Reading time: Two minutes It is called “The Tough One” but, to be really tough, you would need to enter the full marathon rather than the slightly wimpy half version that we opted for. It is without doubt a very hilly trail run but the hills are not quite as grueling as…
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South West Coast Path – Penzance to Penberth Cove
22nd March 2023 It was our original intention to go for a few days walking along the South West Coast Path heading eastwards and ending up at Lizard Point, but the difficulty in finding reasonably priced accommodation at this time of the year called for a change of plan. So we booked the camper van…
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Steyning Stinger – Half Marathon – 2023
5th March 2023 The Steyning Stinger is now a well established annual institution and is my favourite race. It is a very hilly trail run with about 1,600 feet of ascent. For some reason, it is slightly longer than a half marathon at 13.68 miles and that extra .58 of a mile is hard work!…
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Deal Half Marathon 2023
Grit and I have been running the Deal Half since 2014. It is covieniently placed two weeks prior to the dreaded Steyning Stinger, so if we had actually been following a training schedule, it would be a good point to start to taper off the training. However, we haven’t followed a training schedule, so we…
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Shorne Woods Country Park – Darnley Trial
21st November 2022 I was going to go for a cold swim in the docks with Jannicke but I got so stressed out trying to book in on the Actio app that I eventually gave up. I had wasted so much time frigging about that I was now too late to join the Military Outdoor…