Tag: Sunday Runday

18 March 2023

Sunday Runday, a 20-miler and some baking

The last week has been really busy and I’m finding it hard to fit everything in. Work is always busy, so fitting in studying and London Marathon training around that isn’t easy. The final Sunday Runday Last Sunday was the final Sunday Runday ahead of ABP Southampton Marathon, Half Marathon and 10k. My training schedule said that I needed to...

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11 March 2023

My fastest 5k in over 3 years

This has been such a week of highs and lows. I’ve been away from home, so have missed some training sessions and haven’t eaten healthily, but I’ve also run my fastest 5k in over 3 years! Trip to Birmingham After missing my long run on Sunday, I had a busy day on Monday. I spent the morning at work and...

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28 February 2023

Marathon training round-up

Yet again, the last few weeks have been so busy that I haven’t had enough time to blog alongside working, training and studying. I’m not quite where I want to be but am pleased that I am continuing to make progress. Sunday Runday (12/02/23) On Sunday 12th February, I joined in with Sunday Runday. This was the second of three...

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15 January 2023

Improving my fitness age

The treadmill has settled in and is now a part of our family. M drew a family portrait this week. You can see ‘Treddie’ on the left, next is M, then me and then Stu. Below us is Deebot, our robot vacuum cleaner! I received my annual total from Strava this week. In 2022, I was active on more days...

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28 February 2017

PBPB – getting back on form

Well, I’m fully into the swing of marathon training now. I’m really enjoying it and have even achieved a PBPB! On 16th, my buddy Pete managed to get me around 17.5 miles, which is the longest run I’ve done for a very long time. I had been nervous about doing the run after doing Buggy Mums, but that class was...

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12 February 2017

Pride comes before a fall

Last week didn’t start so well as I felt shattered on Monday and didn’t go to swimming. I know that I need to swim regularly in the hope that I can swim ５km by April. Evening run with Pete On Tuesday, I went for a run with Pete. I took my head torch with me but didn’t need it for...

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6 February 2017

What I’ve been doing

Busy, busy, busy! I’m still managing to exercise, but it’s so difficult for me to find time to blog, which is very frustrating. I thought I’d do a quick summary of what I’ve been up to recently. It includes marshalling a race, attending a Giant store workshop, parkrunning and more. Sunday 22nd January No running for me today. Stuart, baby...

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20 January 2017

Back on track for a spring marathon

Time is passing so quickly these days. There is so much that I want to blog about and never enough time! I had intended to go to Buggy Mums on Thursday last week, but the weather forecast was very bad. I knew that the venue (Weston Shore) is quite exposed, so I really dithered about whether to go or not...

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25 April 2016

Ready to Race?

It feels like I’ve been so busy training recently that I’ve not had as much time as usual to blog. I mentioned back in January that I’ve signed up for Solent Athlete’s Ready to Race course, which includes two track sessions a week and a self-led long run at the weekend (and some strength and conditioning work at home). What...

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10 January 2016

Illness stopped play :-(

After a great start to January, it didn’t take long for things to go downhill. On Wednesday lunchtime, my work colleague, Sarah, and I jogged down to Southampton Common where we met a friend from Tri Club, Rob. The plan was to do an intervals session, which was just as well as Rob can run a 17:XX 5k! We headed...

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