Friday, 29 July 2011

Run Time or Distance?

New Race Entry
Getting a bit slack on the running & decided some incentive was required.
So have entered the Bristol Half Marathon on 11 September.

Same day as Italian GP.
Will have to watch out for poisoned umbrellas on that day - Georgi Markov.

New Discipline
Decided that should regularly run 60/6 - that is about 6 miles within 60 minutes.
Not done every day - or even every other day - but have managed 6 runs of more than this time or distance over the past 20 days. Excuse - heat and humidity.

Quarter Marathons
Distances have been mostly 6.50 miles with one of 6.52 and another 7.24. Variations include an extra loop. Each run involves setting out to a particular marker post at which I turn round - usually after about 28 minutes - reversing the route to the start. Whole thing out and back is 6.5 miles by shortest route.

Time taken has varied from fastest 1hr 0min 49 sec to slowest 1hr 4 min 14 sec for the 6.5 miles.

Injury Avoidance
Not running every day - or even every other day - has meant that aches, pains and twinges are less of a problem. Knee aches less after an hours run than it does over a 2 hour drive.

My theory is that driving at most economical cruising speed is the culprit. My knee aches from the strain of holding off and NOT putting the pedal to the metal. But if it makes a tank of fuel last 400 miles instead of 300 the saving in cost will pay for nearly unlimited quantities of Deep Heat.

Road Works
Lots of these both in the Motorway and on my running route - new gas pipes.
Infrastructure and Jobs.

The Professionals

And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, “Make this fellow return” - I Samuel 29 v4.

You ain't going to believe it but I found the above quote just by opening the book randomly and reading what was on the page. It seemed appropriate. Mostly.

Then I edited it.

Tuesday, 12 July 2011

WYSIWYG

Taking The Long View

For a running blog this seems to have very little running in it.

Excuses:-
  1. Back in August I said I would not post about every run
  2. I have been travelling - so little opportunity to run
  3. Working - for clubs (NOT nightclubs)
  4. Gardening
  5. Fixing the old car.
Running
In the past couple of months I have completed 17 runs - a total of well over 100 miles.
Distances - from a “quickie” 4 ¼ miler to a long 13 ¼ miles. Even one in the rain!

Travelling
Derbyshire, Isle of Wight, Cofton Park. Beautiful places.

Working
What is it they say about being retired?

Gardening
Mowing, hedge-cutting, weeding, watering, rain dancing.

Car Fixing
Done - head gasket, stud thread, tick-over.
To Do - little end, con-rod, clutch. And just about everything really.

 Mind the Gap

Blog-Offs
Other blogs go off topic too:-

This one includes cake - Hrun's Random Ramblings

And this one has cows Skeddaddle

"They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them."
Of Blogs
But surely all are equally valid in this post-modern world?

Mind The Gap