Matt Gets Running

Okay, my momentum’s pretty much dis­ap­peared recently. I’ve done very little since the half-marathon, though I did go for a little walk with my dad while I was on hol­i­day, at least. And hey, doing a half mara­thon and then going on hol­i­day for a week is a reas­on­able reason for los­ing momentum, I think […]

Well, it’s been a very lazy month so far, in some ways. Today’s 5K jog was only the second bit of run­ning I’ve done all month. Of course, this was mostly because the first bit of run­ning was the half mara­thon, and I decided to give myself a week’s break both before and after it, just […]

Today’s half mara­thon — my first — went pretty well all round. I was a bit wor­ried by the amount of rain I could hear before I set out, but it turned into occa­sional drizzle for the race, which is per­fect jog­ging weather, really — no need to worry about over­heat­ing. I kept jog­ging from […]