Blake Street
I was up early enough to take the puppies out for around a mile and a half each before work. On the second walk, we were yomping along when I…
2021
Fallout
Yesterday evening after my long ‘slow’ distance (LSD) walk interspersed with a brisk 5k parkrun, I developed a couple of niggles; a painful headache and some knee pain. I woke,…
Parkrun #47
After a pretty ropey start to the week, I tried to pull it back together later with a couple of dog walks on Thursday and Friday. Saturday called for twenty…
Incentive
Parkrun is a free, timed, 5k event that takes place every Saturday morning at over two thousand locations in twenty two countries. The programme started in 2004 as UK Time…
No Spitting, No High Fives
Sixteen months since being suspended because of COVID, parkrun in England restarted this Saturday. A work colleague told me that he would be doing Sutton Park’s parkrun this week and…
Mid-Week Back-to-Back
Most weeks, I try to arrange my work so that I am in the office on Wednesdays and Thursdays. I am also in some other days but I aim on…
1000
The ‘heatwave’ continues. The dogs gave me a wake up nudge around half four but his was fine as I’d planned on getting out early to beat the heat. Even…
Scorchio !
Maybe not quite that hot but the last few days have produced temperatures of around 30º C. Too hot in the day for the puppies so I’ve been taking them…
Work to the Pub
After yesterday’s fiasco with a wardrobe, I needed to catch up on my mileage. The other half suggested that I could walk from work to the pub and she could…
Not Quite to Plan
The week started well, with me keeping to minimal mileage on Monday and a short walk on Tuesday with the dogs. It was a rather warm afternoon by the time…