Training Week 13

Training stats for this week are 45.13km in 4:31:12 using 3639 calories. Today’s long run was 1hour 40 minutes and felt like forever!  I was trying to run at the bottom of the green zone but I don’t seem able to run at a steady pace! My fundraising has reached £575 which is over halfway Read More …

Why I Run – and how you can help

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Training Week 11

It’s 9 weeks until my half marathon run for Christian Aid and the miles are starting to ramp up, as is the temperature!  Summer has arrived and today’s long run (16k) was HOT! Last week I ran 51.87km in 4:16:59 using 3144 calories. I’ve missed a few runs over the weeks, mostly because of holidays, Read More …

Riverside

Yesterday the small boys and I paid a trip to the new Riverside Museum in Glasgow. I first saw the design for the museum in New York in a Zaha Hadid exhibition at the Guggenheim and it was brilliant to see the building completed years later. The snaking silver building houses the old Transport Museum’s Read More …

10 weeks to go

It’s just 10 weeks until I run my first half marathon for 10 years. Training for the 13.1 mile (21km) race has been something close to an obsession.  Making time for 5 runs a week, some of them up to 90 minutes, has been a challenge but I’ve managed them all most weeks.  Most days Read More …

Milestones

I’ve hit a few milestones in my training this week. 30 hours running 300km 25000 calories This week I’ve run 33.4km in 3:21:04 burning 2694 calories. I’m starting to enjoy the runs and Monday’s long run took me to 15km… only 6km to go! Yesterday, while I was out running 15km in the sunshine, knowing Read More …