Comments for Matt Gets Running http://mattgetsrunning.com A lardy geek from Bristol gets to 5K and beyond. Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:37:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Bath Half Marathon 2012 by Three Times a Week | Matt Gets Running http://mattgetsrunning.com/2012/03/15/bath-half-marathon-2012/#comment-6094 Three Times a Week | Matt Gets Running Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:37:07 +0000 http://mattgetsrunning.com/?p=1091#comment-6094 [...] after the ropey Bath Half, I’m try­ing to get back to a level of fit­ness where I won’t embar­rass myself at the [...] […] after the ropey Bath Half, I’m try­ing to get back to a level of fit­ness where I won’t embar­rass myself at the […]

]]> Comment on Bath Half Marathon 2012 by Domenica http://mattgetsrunning.com/2012/03/15/bath-half-marathon-2012/#comment-5804 Domenica Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:18:35 +0000 http://mattgetsrunning.com/?p=1091#comment-5804 Great write up. I'm thinking of doing the bath half next year and your honest account is very inspiring. Domenica Oatley :) Great write up. I’m thinking of doing the bath half next year and your honest account is very inspiring. Domenica Oatley :)

]]> Comment on Review Run: Adidas Kanadia 4 Trail Shoes by Simon Taylor http://mattgetsrunning.com/2012/02/23/review-run-adidas-kanadia-4-trail-shoes/#comment-5156 Simon Taylor Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:58:49 +0000 http://mattgetsrunning.com/?p=1015#comment-5156 Got a pair of these for my weekend activity running up and down touchlines taking photographs of the [rather dismal] progress of my local team - Farnborough RFC. With slightly dodgy knees I need to be careful of mis footing and twisting the joint, and sometimes use trainers, sometimes boots if it's muddy. Got a pair of these and although the ground was soft (not muddy), which would have been slightly like treacle underfoot in my normal trainers, these were extremely stable - and the occasional 50 metre sprints I sometimes undertake were extremely surefooted. Compared to my normal trainers, these were like chalk and cheese, it's nice to have confidence in your footing, especially when you are concentrating on pictures / the game / not getting collided with! If they make any improvement to my photography, I doubt, but my physical well-being? Probably a little. Very pleased with the purchase. I got a size 8 by the way, normally a size 7. Sports Direct in Farnborough had the colour and size I wanted in stock at £42.99. Got a pair of these for my weekend activity running up and down touchlines taking photographs of the [rather dismal] progress of my local team — Farnborough RFC.

With slightly dodgy knees I need to be careful of mis footing and twisting the joint, and sometimes use trainers, sometimes boots if it’s muddy.

Got a pair of these and although the ground was soft (not muddy), which would have been slightly like treacle underfoot in my normal trainers, these were extremely stable — and the occasional 50 metre sprints I sometimes undertake were extremely surefooted. Compared to my normal trainers, these were like chalk and cheese, it’s nice to have confidence in your footing, especially when you are concentrating on pictures / the game / not getting collided with!

If they make any improvement to my photography, I doubt, but my physical well-being? Probably a little.

Very pleased with the purchase. I got a size 8 by the way, normally a size 7. Sports Direct in Farnborough had the colour and size I wanted in stock at £42.99.

]]> Comment on Stretching my Legs by Quick and Simple | Matt Gets Running http://mattgetsrunning.com/2012/02/13/stretching-my-legs/#comment-5052 Quick and Simple | Matt Gets Running Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:12:41 +0000 http://mattgetsrunning.com/?p=1006#comment-5052 [...] week­end before last, I ran 10K. Last week­end, I ran 7K through rain and mud to review those Adi­das shoes. Both runs involved [...] […] week­end before last, I ran 10K. Last week­end, I ran 7K through rain and mud to review those Adi­das shoes. Both runs involved […]

]]> Comment on Review Run: Adidas Kanadia 4 Trail Shoes by lillput http://mattgetsrunning.com/2012/02/23/review-run-adidas-kanadia-4-trail-shoes/#comment-5033 lillput Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:10:10 +0000 http://mattgetsrunning.com/?p=1015#comment-5033 Really good shoe review. I don't run but I generally wear cross-trainers for walking in most terrain (and mids for serious mud). I'm interested to see that Merrells aren't the only shoes that struggle to grip on wet stone. Really good shoe review.
I don’t run but I generally wear cross-trainers for walking in most terrain (and mids for serious mud). I’m interested to see that Merrells aren’t the only shoes that struggle to grip on wet stone.

]]> Comment on Grump by New Shoe Happiness | Matt Gets Running http://mattgetsrunning.com/2011/04/17/grump/#comment-4816 New Shoe Happiness | Matt Gets Running Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:55:00 +0000 http://mattgetsrunning.com/?p=874#comment-4816 [...] didn’t go very far — after all, the last time I went run­ning in a new model of Mizuno Wave Inspires, they gave me a blister, and I ended up limp­ing home from Leigh Woods. So, learn­ing from my [...] […] didn’t go very far — after all, the last time I went run­ning in a new model of Mizuno Wave Inspires, they gave me a blister, and I ended up limp­ing home from Leigh Woods. So, learn­ing from my […]

]]> Comment on Resolution Run 4: Time for Some New Shoes by Margaret http://mattgetsrunning.com/2012/01/29/resolution-run-4-time-for-some-new-shoes/#comment-4707 Margaret Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:49:31 +0000 http://mattgetsrunning.com/?p=995#comment-4707 Well done. Keep it up. I will keep checking up on you from afar. Well done. Keep it up. I will keep checking up on you from afar.

]]> Comment on New Year’s Resolutions: Journeys, not Destinations by Matt http://mattgetsrunning.com/2011/12/29/new-years-resolutions-journeys-not-destinations/#comment-4330 Matt Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:11:18 +0000 http://mattgetsrunning.com/?p=980#comment-4330 <a href="#comment-4271" rel="nofollow">@Arline </a> Yup. It's definitely the Holy Grail, isn't it? Finding something that pays where you don't have to force yourself to do it (or at least 80% of it. I'm never going to enjoy doing the tax return, no matter what I do...) Unfortunately, my budgetary constraints are pretty damn tight at the moment, and international travel is probably not on my agenda :( @Arline
Yup. It’s definitely the Holy Grail, isn’t it? Finding something that pays where you don’t have to force yourself to do it (or at least 80% of it. I’m never going to enjoy doing the tax return, no matter what I do…)

Unfortunately, my budgetary constraints are pretty damn tight at the moment, and international travel is probably not on my agenda :(

]]> Comment on New Year’s Resolutions: Journeys, not Destinations by Resolution Run 1: Just In Time | Matt Gets Running http://mattgetsrunning.com/2011/12/29/new-years-resolutions-journeys-not-destinations/#comment-4309 Resolution Run 1: Just In Time | Matt Gets Running Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:47:04 +0000 http://mattgetsrunning.com/?p=980#comment-4309 [...] my “very achiev­able” res­ol­u­tion to get run­ning once a week in Janu­ary, I only just squeaked the first run into the first week. [...] […] my “very achiev­able” res­ol­u­tion to get run­ning once a week in Janu­ary, I only just squeaked the first run into the first week. […]

]]> Comment on New Year’s Resolutions: Journeys, not Destinations by Arline http://mattgetsrunning.com/2011/12/29/new-years-resolutions-journeys-not-destinations/#comment-4271 Arline Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:03:39 +0000 http://mattgetsrunning.com/?p=980#comment-4271 I think - for my sanity - that I'm going to get rid of some things that worry me and/or that I regret. Which will probably involve more travelling and less of what I 'should' be doing, like trying to build up my business. But at the end of it, I may have figured out what I actually want to do and have enough enthusiasm that I don't have to force myself to do it. Here's hoping. BTW, Zurich is still photogenic and runnable. ^_^ I think — for my sanity — that I’m going to get rid of some things that worry me and/or that I regret. Which will probably involve more travelling and less of what I ‘should’ be doing, like trying to build up my business. But at the end of it, I may have figured out what I actually want to do and have enough enthusiasm that I don’t have to force myself to do it. Here’s hoping.

BTW, Zurich is still photogenic and runnable. ^_^

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