running, reading, nonsense.
Welcome to the Runners Corner of this little blog of bits and bobs. Mostly this is a place for, you know, nerd stuff. Books, films, and games. But when I’m not sat on my skinny arse in-doors sucking up some hot fresh content, I’m out running. Because everyone needs something to keep them sane. Every… Continue reading Rutland Night Run, A Barefoot Bonanza, and Desert Dedication.
Photo by Inge Maria on Unsplash I wouldn’t say that I’m a fair-weather runner, but with a treadmill easily accessible to me I do, fairly frequently, ditch my road runs for treadmill sessions when the weather is grim. Recently the weather has indeed been particularly grim, and although I still believe there are benefits to running on the… Continue reading Running Wet, Running Hungry, and Running for Soup.
The end of October looms large, November in-waiting like a grim vanguard of the Christmas season, here all too soon...but there is nothing to be done. Nothing. Halloween hardly stems the tide of Xmas nonsense but once it is gone nothing stands in the way of St Nicholas. BUT October and November are often good… Continue reading Sunday Morning Stuff 27/10
Photo by Will Fuller on Unsplash When I went out on Wednesday morning for an 8-mile run I thought that winter had well and truly arrived. Yet, October isn’t quite over and done with yet though, and if I'm being brutally honest with my cowardly self, it wasn't even that cold. If I can’t stomach that level of… Continue reading Running Cold, Chicago Inspired, and a Grand Prix.
Photo by Vek Labs on Unsplash As I have already described in my race report, the Great Eastern Run didn’t exactly go to plan. It didn’t really go at all, actually, as it was cancelled last minute. Rather than spend any more time marinating in that disappointment, it is time for me to move on and plan what… Continue reading Going Longer, The Impossible, and Embracing the Dark.
This was to be my first half marathon, and for that reason alone I thought it would be impossible to be disappointed as long as I got to the end and crossed that finish line, but it wasn’t to be. I never started. In fact, no one did. For reasons beyond the control of the… Continue reading Race Report: The Great Eastern Run
Photo by Olia Nayda on Unsplash So here we are in the week of the Great Eastern Run, my first ever half marathon and the biggest event of my running career so far. The weather is looking wet, my immune system is feeling shattered, but overall I think I’m about as ready as I’ll ever be. I know… Continue reading Race Preparations, Tokyo, and the Great Eastern Run.
Photo by Adi Goldstein on Unsplash The Great Eastern run is finally locked in. I knew that I could delay my registration for the event until pretty late in the calendar, and after spending a month side-lined in my training I wasn’t sure if I definitely wanted to participate. But that was stupid. I’ve run in the National… Continue reading Booked In, Doha, and a Coastal Running Carnival.
I often get asked: what do you think about when you run? It’s an interesting question, but not one that I always have an answer for. It’s a difficult task remembering thought, so all that I’m certain about is that it can’t be the same thing every time. I’m no Eliud Kipchoge, I can’t completely… Continue reading Mind Games, Self-Talk, and Tolkien.
Since I began working in a health food shop I have had easy (read: discounted) access to a bunch of supplements, and some of them are sold as being beneficial for weight loss, muscle soreness, recovery, and energy. I never really bothered with them too much, not keen on the idea of becoming reliant on… Continue reading Supplementing, Inside/Outside, and a Magical Weekend.
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