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So, picked up my new shoes on Friday — Mizuno Wave Inspire 6es — and walked lots in them yesterday to make sure they felt all right, and that nothing was rubbing.
And they were fine, so today I went out into the gorgeous Spring sunshine and did a simple 5-and-a-bit-K, just around half the Downs, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Hurrah! At last, I’m back out on the street (that made me sound like a desperate hooker, didn’t it? Hmm.)
The snow has mostly melted away — the only bits I saw were the huge lumps that have been rolled to the sides of Clifton Down here and there, as pictured, transitory snow-boulders that stand as [...]
Hopefully the last photo-less and indoorsy post for a while! There’s a thaw on, and while the slush outside has kept me on the bike tonight, Sunday looks hopeful for a snow-free day with a gap in the big rain that’s impending.
In the meantime, another 35 mins on the exercise bike. Dull, but necessary, I [...]
Just another quick update: it’s still icy out there, but I’m keeping up the “doing some exercise” momentum. Just finished another 35 minutes on the exercise bike, this time distracted by The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which seems suitably entertaining. And remarkably close to the original.
Anyway. It was dull enough to do, let [...]
It was hard enough walking to work today, so I haven’t been running. Nevertheless, I made sure to get some exercise. On top of walking a couple of miles to work and back through the snow, we had a snowball fight at work at lunchtime — well, in the park next to work, anyway. Must [...]
“…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 [...]
