Ran in the snow – just enough came down overnight to make it reasonably safe underfoot, covering the ice that’s formed from a million feet churning in the freeze.
The first 10 minutes were hideous – but then it all eased up and sorted itself out (possibly because I finished the mostly uphill part, although the [...]
5BX – Chart 1/D-. Easy, step up to D tomorrow.
Ran on New Year’s Day in the snow – and then again – and again – and again, this time on snow. Ran today, in the gym with a million resolutions on the treadmills next to me (after a twenty minute wait for a free treadmill). I’ll take my chances with the snow next time, [...]
Sunny Sunday afternoon, I ended up cycling rather more than anticipated.
Cycling: woke up, having planned to run, and hobbled to the bathroom (dramatic licence; I walked normally, but my ankles were definitely making their presence felt). I remembered a conversation I had with K, about not doing things that we don’t enjoy, and wondered why I was planning on doing something that made me hurt. [...]
Away for a week, back to walk/run the dog; tried an experiment, with shorter running intervals and shorter walking intervals: run for 10 seconds, walk for 50 seconds. Rinse & repeat for 20 minutes, and repeat three times during the week. Then increase the running intervals by 5 seconds and reduce the walking intervals by [...]
Short brisk walk with the dog; discovered the virtue of the phone being down two flights of stairs – if it had been closer, I would have txt’d an apology and gone back to sleep. Tired, but woke up on the walk: blue chilly summer morning, glad I wore the waterproof walking shoes (one reason [...]
Walking the dog yesterday, running with the dog this morning – reverting to brisk walking for the second half, which didn’t affect my average pace. Contemplating cutting back to brisk walking for now, keeping up a steady average pace, then trying to add running to that: so that I don’t run then walk slowly, run [...]
Crusing reasonably comfortably; wet but unbowed.
Not all at once. Three trips out with the dog, over the past week. Right knee has been swollen and sore; possibly sitting too much at the computer. Trying now to remember to get up and walk about a bit more.
Wet feet, wet everything this morning as the rain came down. The blackberries are ripening [...]