Tales of walking, running and mood dependent, maybe other random stuff!
I’ve not raced this year and I’m not in racing shape, so I wasn’t holding out much hope for the race today. Indeed, I was very grateful that one of the ladies from club was coming with me; had it not been for that commitment I might have backed out! No Pressure Having done this … Continue reading Forfar 10k Revisited
Yesterday I felt really down! I’d been looking forward to the Christmas break after a long term. Although we’ve been well supported locally, it’s felt harder than normal and certainly more tiring. Doing everything online and not having the same social contact takes it’s toll. Today, however, was the last day of term and it … Continue reading The Covid Angel
Due to injury at the tail end of the year, I deferred my place in the 2020 London Marathon. Then COVID struck, the marathon was postponed, and a new date set for October 2020. I deferred as I hadn’t planned to run a marathon in 2019. So, what on earth possessed me, when the e-mail … Continue reading A Moment of Madness?
The marathon training's going pretty well so I was looking forward to the Metro Beach 10k - it's fast, flat, and usually by the time evening comes the wind along the prom has died down. This unfortunately was not the case last night ... My legs were tired from the weekend's running. The long run … Continue reading A weekend of running and the Metro Beach 10k
Happiest outdoors or not, having volunteered at Stonehaven parkrun this morning I was somewhat frozen and lacking any motivation to go running outdoors this afternoon so headed inside for the ‘dreadmill’ instead. I’ve been struggling to find the motivation to run of late. Darkness and cold are not great motivators and today’s session has been … Continue reading Volunteering (and a lack of motivation!)
Clare, happiest outdoors! 