With Sunday’s A Coventry Way looming, I’ve reshuffled by schedule for the rest of the week. I’ve moved my longish mid-week walk to today and have arranged with the other half to meet me at The Griffin at seven. After work, I caught the 97 bus to Chelmsley Wood and started my walk from there….
Author: kevbaldry
Birchfield Harriers
During a bout of internet surfing, I discovered that Birchfield Harriers have a race walking section. I emailed the club saying that I was interested and was told to pop in on a Tuesday or Thursday. So after work, I fought the traffic through Newtown and Perry Bar. The journey didn’t take quite as long…
Just Nipping Down the Pub
The second part of my weekend’s training was a twelve mile walk. Being away last night and having to drive home it was late afternoon before I could start. I started, as usual, with a stroll across the motorways to Water Orton. Instead of heading straight for Coleshill, I decided to make a bit of…
Who was that woman?
It was a cool misty morning as I pulled into the Banners Gate car park. Unusually late for me on a Saturday morning and the sun was already up if somewhat obscured. I normally start my Saturday long walk sometime around five but with only seven miles to achieve before parkrun, it was gone half…
100 Laps
Following on from last weekend’s marathon and pondering on the fact that my average pace was around 14:50 on undulating terrain, I wondered how far / fast I could go. Over a short distance, such as the weekly parkrun, I can manage sub 12 minute miles – but that’s only for 3.1 miles. I mentioned…