Today’s run left me feeling a lot more confident for the upcoming marathon than the previous Sunday’s. Last Sunday I attempted this route but ran on an empty stomach which, amongst other factors, caused me to stop at the 8.3 mile mark. This time I made sure I had a good meal one hour before…
After last Sunday’s run that kept me feeling ill for the rest of the day, I began to doubt my chances of completing the marathon. However, although I am still in no way fully confident in my abilities, I have had a slight confidence boost with my latest run tonight. Distance: 6.7 miles Time: 1…
More running tonight down the same canal route as Tuesday. I think I’m getting back into the swing of training again. Just need to start making a habit of getting back down the gym three evenings a week. Been looking at productivity tools today too. I think i need to start organising my life in…
After my initial moan about being confronted with Elasticsearch yesterday, today i have actually been looking into it – learning it in order to get the job I’ve been tasked with finished. I don’t know why, but i tend to get that gut reaction most times i am confronted by something foreign to me. I…
One of the annoying things about web development, is having to learn completely new paradigms every now and again. I’m all for improving my skills and being more efficient in my work, but when i have to halt to have to learn a whole new separate thing, it grinds my gears a bit. The idea…
Finished the #GreatBirminghamRun half marathon in 2 hours 19mins. 2 minutes slower than last year. That’s gramps for ya.
On the 16th October this year I will be taking part in my second half-marathon. This will be the same route in Birmingham, UK. The last time I did it, which was last year, I managed to strain my knee whilst training as I tried running too far, too fast, too soon. This time I…
Slept in till 10:40. In the early afternoon we went for a run around Kingsbury Water Park. A load of the water’s-edge trees have been cut down, not sure why though. When we got there it was nice to see that the car park was pretty empty – no masses of people to avoid when…
Great Birmingham half-marathon completed in 2 hours and 17 minutes.
2 hours till I begin my first half marathon in Birmingham today. Never has 13 miles seemed so far.
In four days time, I’ll be doing the Birmingham half marathon along with a mate from work. The gravity of what I have said I’ll do didn’t really hit me until earlier today, when we were looking over the route map and elevation. 13.1 miles it is and I know I’m going to feel every…
I’ve been in training for a half-marathon on the 18th October and two weeks ago I injured my knee. Well, I say injured, it started aching badly the day after and so I had to take a week off. After said week, I went out again and half way through that run it started to…
Marathon Training day 5 – Made it to the canal entrance of Hopwas Woods. (Distance 3.31 miles). Now for the return journey.
Just finished a lovely 3.72 mile (6km) run down the canal. Just another 22.28 miles to build up to now.
Finally made myself go for a run tonight without having to be egged on. Proud that I managed to get to the next furthest bridge along canal from last time.