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Orrible.

August 4th, 2010 matt Comments off

Bleh. That was one of those runs where I just knew I didn’t want to be run­ning as soon as I started. It didn’t get much bet­ter, either, as I strug­gled fairly slowly through 5K. Still, at least I did strug­gle through. Some­times just get­ting through it is enough. I think it’s because I’m tired. […]

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I Don’t Feel Too Steady on My Feet

April 11th, 2010 matt Comments off

I don’t feel too steady on my feet… ”…I feel hol­low I feel weak” Well, I did a bit. And just as that line in the Stone Roses She Bangs the Drums came around, too. But I had just pow­ered up Bridge Val­ley Road delib­er­ately a bit faster than nor­mal, to see if I could improve […]

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Faster, faster!

January 27th, 2010 matt Comments off

No per­sonal best for the 5K this evening — that still remains at the just-under-31 min­utes I man­aged back in Novem­ber, run­ning as fast as I sus­tain­ably could all the way. But tonight, I think, was the fastest since then, at 32:26. And con­sid­er­ing I did a nor­mal jog on the way out, then just did […]

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Speedwork

January 25th, 2010 matt Comments off

Okay, back on the road again tonight after my birth­day break. Tonight I tried a bit of speed­work, doing some fartlek train­ing where I sprinted a bit and then recov­ered for a while at nor­mal pace, sprinted again, and so on. I trav­elled out down the Port­way as nor­mal, because every­one seems to say that warming […]

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