Tonight sees the last instalment of the Medway 5k Series 2015. A total of five races held around different areas of the Medway Towns. The four races previous have been at The Great Lines, The Strand Gillingham, Capstone Park and Deangate Golf course. I’ve run in all four so far and enjoyed all of them, […]
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LiRF Course
Part of my plan to set up a running club at work is to gain a qualification as a Leader in Running Fitness or LiRF for short. This involved two stages, firstly A CRB check – done and thankfully came back clean, secondly, a days course with members of UK Athletics. Today I went on […]
Return From Injury
After a thoroughly miserable few months not being able to run. I’ve come through the worst of it and I am now able to run again. This has been my worst injury in my life, the pain wasn’t severe and I was able to walk, albeit with a limp, but for someone who has always […]
Work Run Club
A while ago someone mentioned about setting up a run club at work – as I’m one of a few regular runners at work and probably the only one who belongs to a club, it was hinted that I take on the role. After a while I came around to the idea, I had ideas […]
Marathon Heroes
Sunday was the 35th London Marathon, I’ve trained for months over the winter but with 4 weeks to go I picked up an injury and made the difficult decision to pull out. However, even though I couldn’t experience running it, I wanted to experience the atmosphere and the fun of it all. It was a […]
Pre-Marathon Blues
So it’s looking more and more likely I won’t be able to make the London marathon this year. An injury sustained about six weeks before the start day has curtailed my training and lasted long enough to take me up to the week before the race. The timing could not have been worse, it was […]
Oat and Rice Energy Bar
With my increased mileage from the half marathon training I’ve been spending a fortune on protein and energy bars. These things are not cheap, we’re talking £2-3 a time. If I’m running a good mileage three or four times a week that’s £10 plus. So I’ve decided to go and bake my own. I’ve taken […]
Paddock Wood PB
A sore throat, very strong wind, rain and an injury couldn’t stop me getting a PB on what is by far my favourite half marathon course. Sunday 29th March I completed the Paddock Wood Half Marathon for the second time. The first time I ran this course, in 2013, it was a lovely sunny day […]
Running Shoes
About 2 years ago when I was training for the 2013 Paddock Wood Half Marathon I invested in a decent pair of running shoes. I had my gait analysed, got professional advice and was sold a pair of Asics Kayano 19s. The person selling me the shoes reckoned I had an over pronation style and […]
Strava v Garmin Connect v Anything Else
Ever since I got my Garmin Forerunner 22 GPS tracker watch I’ve been using Garmin Connect website. However, a few months ago I was having issues syncing data from the watch to the site. It took so long to sync (we’re talking days and multiple attempts), I gave up and started to look elsewhere. Part […]