slow, slow, quick, quick, slow

Last week I was just one week into my marathon training, and already lacking motivation. This week my running has been better, even though the weather hasn’t been.  My runs have felt good. The Monday long run felt comfortable and I’m getting the hang of running a little bit slower.  The idea is to run Read More …

strathclyde parkrun #82

I tried a different morning routine today ahead of the weekly 5K Parkrun at Strathclyde Park. Instead of falling out of bed and down the hill as close to 9.30am as possible I got up at 7:45am (on a Saturday!).  Last week I felt as if I literally ran out of energy so I was Read More …

My first Parkrun

I’ve just realised that I didn’t let you all know how the Parkrun went! As you can see, it was a nice morning for a run, although it had been pretty wet overnight so there were lots of puddles!  I usually woudn’t mind the mud but I had on my very white new trainers… not Read More …