musings on ministry
‘I will never be cut’: Nancy and Gertrude are Kenyan girls about to face a brutal passage to womanhood. Directed by Sara Nason, this documentary tells the story of two young members of the Pokot community in Kenya, who stood up to family and community to resist the traditional practice of female genital mutilation or Read More …
I am, quite literally, done. I ran my half marathon today in a time of 2:08:37. To be honest, given the warmer than expected day (I have sunburn on my head!) and the random aches and pains, I’m quite happy with the time. I still think I have a sub-2:00 in me, but today was Read More …
So, the final training totals are 60 hours of training, 600km run and 48,400 calories burned. You have donated an amazing £1,132 to Christian Aid. Thank you. It’s one week until my half marathon run. A week is a long time. So much can happen in 7 days. For me these 7 days will be Read More …
In just 3 weeks I’ll hopefully be basking in the satisfaction of having completed the Great Scottish Run half marathon but it hasn’t been plain sailing. My training has been almost non-existent in the last three weeks. I hurt my back lifting a heavy T-shirt so didn’t run for a couple of weeks and then Read More …
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 …
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 …
Running this week has been pretty good. I dug around the miCoach site and found that my race pace should be 10 seconds below the top of the green zone. I’ve been struggling to get into the yellow zone and maintain that pace… it was just a little too fast. I reduced the pace zones Read More …