I haven’t run or cycled since doing the half marathon a few weeks ago. I can’t. I physically cannot run. And the chiropractor has banned me from cycling for the foreseeable. Until my wonky pelvis and feet are sorted, which may, nay inevitably will take some time… As far as I understand it, [...]
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On Sunday I achieved a challenge I set myself around 18 months ago – to complete a half-marathon. I took part in the Coventry 2009 Half Marathon which was a ride of pure hell and utter exhaultation, comedy moments and aggressive self-doubt, blisters and jelly babies. I picked up running most recently again around July [...]
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…when I’m out running. Due to being laid up with my now delightfully infected blister (a medic told me she’d only seen bigger blisters on house-fire victims…) I thought I’d list a few of the things I’ve had said/shouted to me recently, whilst I’ve been out running…purely for entertainment reasons. * Why have you got [...]
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What I had planned for Sunday and what I actually acheived are very different. I was scheduled to run a 10-miler (my first), in hopefully around 1 hour 40. The weather was cool and dry and the route fairly forgiving. What actually happened was I couldn’t mentally get “in the zone”, I “boinked” after 4.5 [...]
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Whoops. I signed myself up for a half-marathon – 26th October, in Coventry. The furthest I have ever run before is 8 miles, which I managed (miraculously) one week ago and didn’t die. (just). So now I am slightly concerned that in 22 day’s time, I will find myself standing alongside 2000 ‘fit’ people with [...]
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Due to being dreadfully, seriously and earnestly “unwell” yesterday, (also known as cannot-be-arsed in extremis ), instead of being out running* 7 miles, I found myself ensconced on my rather too comfortable sofa, watching the Great North Run. The “biggest” half-marathon in the world (yet still just 13.1miles – how is that?!) takes place in [...]
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