training

Just shy of a 25-mile week and all outdoors! There’s a certain joy to running in the fresh air again. Although, there are many pains… Read More »weekly summary: 01 March – 07 March

A week of low mileage and really struggling with my heart rate during runs. It’s so much easier to run steady on a treadmill but… Read More »weekly summary: 22 February – 28 February

Neck trouble persisted for the early part of the week but eventually freed up enough to risk a couple of miles on the treadmill near… Read More »weekly summary: 15 February – 21 February

So, after last week’s onset of mild diverticular issues and a week-long course of antibiotics, I said that I best take it easy for a… Read More »weekly summary: 08 February – 14 February

What started as a great week with 2 1-hour sessions including strides, ended with a trip to the doctor’s. A reappearance of my gut issue… Read More »weekly summary: 01 February – 07 February

So it was that one week in excess of 30 miles would be followed by another. Only barely and despite the rather accurate calculations, it… Read More »weekly summary: 25 January – 31 January

Last week, I maintained that a 30-mile breach was entirely possible and also entirely unnecessary. I did not want to push my mileage too quickly.… Read More »weekly summary: 18 January – 24 January

Last week saw a return to semi-respectable mileage. This week I was chomping at the bit to push things on further. It would have been… Read More »weekly summary: 11 January – 17 January

Dare I say that this snap of my weekly activities is looking a bit more hopeful. Certainly more hopeful than anything else in recent times.… Read More »weekly summary: 28 December – 03 January

Well, it was Christmas week! The strains of the last couple of weeks caused a subtle ebb and flow of my recent regime. Thus, it… Read More »weekly summary: 21 December – 27 December