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As you know, I’ve been having problems with my hip — well, in fact my hip and the top bit of my left-hand gluteal muscle, or “upper arse”, as I believe it’s technically known. I reckon it may be down to shoes, so yesterday I went shopping.
In Moti, the advice was basically, “well, if you’ve [...]
That was really hard work. All I did was my normal weekday 5K, but I just felt completely energyless. Hmph. And my hip’s aching again.
I’m starting to wonder if I might need to replace my running shoes. I bought them pretty much exactly six months ago, so they must have travelled a fair distance. [...]
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 [...]
I don’t exercise in the morning. I’m just not a morning person. Virtually all my running is done in the evening, or, at the very earliest, lunchtime, at the weekends.
So. A bit odd, then, that this morning I woke up just before the alarm clock did that quiet little *clonk* it does when the alarm’s [...]
It’s a lovely day out there. Perfect running weather. Sunny and cold.
Not sure if I’m going, though. I seem to be ill with some cold-y thing that’s sapping my energy. I just slept for ten hours, got up, had breakfast, coffee and Lemsip, and I still don’t feel like I want to do anything.
I know [...]
I was lucky enough to be on a nice, heated, covered boat this morning while my colleague Chris was cycling to work through what I think I can only describe as “torrential sleet”.
That made me worry about the prospects for this evening, but it dried off and maybe even warmed up a bit by the [...]
“…don’t look out you’re going to break your neck.”
The Primitives’ fab 1988 single, Crash, poured some good advice out into my headphones as I ran this evening. Because it was bloody freezing.
Look, even my WeatherPro iPhone app said it was minus 0ºC. That’s like freezing, only even freezinger.1
Luckily, the ice seemed to be confined to [...]
Building up momentum again after you’ve taken time off is best done as soon as possible. Given that, I decided to follow through on yesterday’s decision and get out of the door despite the wet weather, and the fact I’m not feeling well.
My concession to illness and the rain was to run only a short [...]
So, first it was icy on the pavements. Then it was Christmas. And then I was ill. As a result, it’s now been eight days since I last went for a run. Plus, with the amount I’ve eaten, I’ve probably just about doubled my body weight in the last week…
Bleurgh.
So, is there any good news?
Well, [...]
This morning, I put on my wooly hat before heading outside, on the grounds that it was -1ºC. Then I got out into the street, turned around, and went back for my sunglasses. I definitely needed both, which is a combination I’ve not found necessary since the last time I went snowboarding…
As the rest of [...]
