Saturday was the last open meeting for 2016. There were a number of events that were of interest, the 800m, the 1500m handicap and the 5,000m. In the end I opted for the 1500m and the 5,000m. First event was the 1,500m. I have never done a race so short before and as it was […]
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So Close
The last installment in the Medway 5k series was to be the track at Gillingham, but due to bad weather the event at Deangate had to be postponed. The rearranged race took place on the 28th July. As this event was not as popular as the track race there were less people running. The usual […]
Jealously
With all the social media posts and news articles I’ll admit to being a little envious of all the runners due to line up at the start of the London marathon this weekend. I have a wonderfully good reason why I’m not participating, a beautiful baby boy, aged 5 months. With all the training involved […]
Medway Summer 5k Series
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, […]
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 […]
2015 Goals
With the new year it’s time, as everyone does, to set some unrealistic goals. But here’s hoping mine are something I can stick to, injury and illness permitting of course. Something I have been trying to do for a little while now is a sub 20 minute 5k. This year my time has come down […]
Welcome Back Winter
So winter is finally with us, well pretty much anyway, the Christmas items in the shops confirm that surely. My morning run consisted of colds cheeks, cold ears, cold hands and I was soaked through; I loved every minute of it. Running in this weather feels more like a work out and rather stupidly I […]
Side Stitch
I can handle aching legs, sore ankles and blisters. I’m ok with black toes and the wind and rain don’t bother me in the slightest. But a stitch I can do without. All other alignments I can seem to run through but when I get a stitch it pretty much stops me in my tracks. […]
Lesson Learned
After slightly moderate training, I felt I was in reasonable shape, prepared for the 13.1 miles and plenty of hills of the Tonbridge Half Marathon. The Tuesday before I’d beaten my best on my lunchtime run around Regents Park and the Friday felt good after a slow three miles. I’d been fueling on carbs for […]
Results
So after 4 training runs, two surrounded by protein and energy bars and two just normal days, it turns out there was only seconds between each: With energy bars the same route was 00:35:36 and 00:35:07 Without energy bars that same routes was 00:35:25 and 00:35:53, the latter was ruined by a stitch. Conclusion, well, […]