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Simple Seven

February 21st, 2010 matt 1 comment

I went to a cocktail party last night. Even though I don’t drink, it meant I was up until about 2am, so I didn’t drag myself out for a jog until about half past one today. Bit of a contrast from last week’s 7am enthusiasm!
Anyway, to get myself going, I downloaded Lady Gaga’s album The [...]

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10K. Again.

February 6th, 2010 matt No comments

Yup, went out and did another 10K today. Wasn’t entirely sure I was going to — if I’d not felt good I’d have cut it short — but it was fine. Nice and slow, up Bridge Valley Road, around the edge of Clifton Down to the Water Tower, a loop around Durdham Down, then back [...]

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Recovery Run

February 3rd, 2010 matt No comments

I think it’s quite fortuitous that this is the week I’ve been reading the chapter on avoiding injuries in John Bingham’s No Need for Speed.
One of the things he talks about is how to pay attention to your body; how to listen to those early, gentle aches and pains that mean you should back off [...]

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Craziness

January 31st, 2010 matt 2 comments

Well, turns out I’m actually crazy. Crazy like those weirdos who go out running when they’re ill and tell you that it actually helps.
Because it helped. Not only did it help, but in some ways, the illness seemed to help the running, too. My lack of concentration made me a bit forgetful. I forgot I [...]

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Slow Build-Up

January 1st, 2010 matt No comments

I’m still not feeling fab, but sleeping in very late today seemed to leave me with some energy, so I decided to go spend it on another post-Christmas momentum-building run. It seemed fitting for the first day of the year — start as you mean to go on, and all. And it was a lovely [...]

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Where did that come from?

November 28th, 2009 matt 4 comments

I don’t know when this week became the week to push and to prove myself. But apparently it did.
I should have got out running last night, but I was knackered after work, so I did what any brave and stout young fellow would have done: gave up on the idea and went to bed early.
This [...]

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Accidental Progress

November 7th, 2009 matt 2 comments

This morning I had a bit of an accident.
My general plan was to skip the running last night, and instead go out this morning, as I’ve found my last few Saturdays have been low-energy, wasted days, and I thought I’d see if starting with a run would help pick me up a bit.
So, I went [...]

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Ups and the Downs

October 25th, 2009 matt 1 comment

Fantastic run today. I got an extra hour in bed because of the end of British Summer Time, which was a good start. Then I headed out to jog up Bridge Valley Road and around the Downs.
I kept to a nice, steady pace — as you can see from the RunKeeper map/log/stats — and did [...]

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Coffee Shop Run

October 10th, 2009 matt No comments

I just nipped out for a coffee in Clifton Village. But I went the long way round, as you can see here :)
This run includes a 5-minute walking warm-up at the start. So, just did a shade over 5km in about 40 minutes, including Bridge Valley Road.
This picture gives an idea of what that involves. [...]

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Well, That Was Easier Than I Thought It Would Be

October 6th, 2009 matt 1 comment

Wow! I just ran up Bridge Valley Road.
Well, I say “ran”; actual runners might take issue. But it was a definite jog, at least. I’d dug around for advice on teh intarwebs, and basically just started off the hill nice and slowly, with a shorter pace than my on-the-flat running. And I kept it slow [...]

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