musings on ministry
A half marathon is 13.1 miles or 21km for those of your who are metrically minded. Except it’s not really. At 43 years old you can’t really just rock up at the start line and expect to survive that length of run. So you train. You run 4 times a week for months. You start Read More …
So, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged about running, and in particular my half marathon run with my brother-in-law, Scott, in October. To be honest, our training hasn’t been going well, between writing essays, work and Scott moving house it’s all a bit frantic. But we’re committed and tomorrow I will run. Promise. Why Read More …
On Sunday I followed in the footsteps of Olympic heroes in the National Lottery Anniversary Run. Last year I won a place on the Olympic Park Run and was one of the first to cross the Olympic finishing line in the newly opened Olympic Stadium. At the time I thought that was a one in Read More …
It’s taken a while, but I’ve finally logged 2,000km running with Nike+. I ran the Glasgow Half Marathon in 2000 and then didn’t run another step until 22nd Feb 2010. I can’t really remember why I thought it was a good idea to go for a run and I soon decided that it wasn’t Read More …
Last year I posted some running goals… I will run the 5 mile Olympic Park Run in March in under 40 minutes. I will run my first marathon in Edinburgh in May in under 4 hours 10 minutes. I will run the Great Scottish Run half marathon in Glasgow in September in under 2 hours. Read More …
I’ve been off on my travels again, this time to Northampton for a couple of meetings. It’s always been part of my job to be away from home but I’m often struck my the paradox of working for an organisation that promotes good relationships but is happy to ask it’s members and staff to spend Read More …
The weather had been hot and sunny all week but there was a glimmer of hope… much of the Edinburgh marathon is run along the East coast, a part of the world famous for harr (mist from the sea), and the forecast was cloudy for Sunday morning. That was until yesterday. The sun came out Read More …