http://www.chantico.com one step at a time Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:44:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.chantico.com/2010/01/13/48/ 5BX - Chart 1/D-.  Easy, step up to D tomorrow. http://www.chantico.com/2010/01/11/5bx/ 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 ... http://www.chantico.com/2010/01/10/back-again/ Sunny Sunday afternoon, I ended up cycling rather more than anticipated. http://www.chantico.com/2009/08/23/1545/ 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 ... http://www.chantico.com/2009/08/13/530/ 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 ... http://www.chantico.com/2009/08/09/225/ 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 ... http://www.chantico.com/2009/07/30/223/ 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 ... http://www.chantico.com/2009/07/28/3-521/ Crusing reasonably comfortably; wet but unbowed. http://www.chantico.com/2009/07/23/217-5/ 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 ... http://www.chantico.com/2009/07/21/5-515-5/