A day after my pole assisted walk and the knee was still alright. After work, I set off for a walk along the nearby canals taking the pole along with me. Again, being unused to the pole, it took a while to get into a stride but towards the end of the walk I was…

The Christmas / New Year period has been rather quiet, walking / running-wise. My sore knee has been giving me some gyp. Early in the new year, I went and saw my doctor who stuck a needle into my knee and took out some gunk. This gave some relief but my knee still didn’t feel…

Last year (and the year before that) Country Walking magazine ran a scheme to get people to walk ONE THOUSAND MILES in the year. Now, that may sound a lot but it averages out at 2.74 miles per day. From January 1, 2017, I started on this thousand mile quest and was almost there half way…

After last week’s excellent third place finish at Dolgellau parkrun, I returned to my home ground for this week’s. My miraculous bronze medal position win last week was helped by the fact that there were only seven runners! Today, the field was three hundred and fifty four – third or better looks highly unlikely !!!…

My knee is still playing up. It’s swollen and sore but doesn’t get any worse when I exercise.I suppose that I should rest it properly but now I’m getting back into the swing of regular activity, I don’t want to stop. I’ll try to keep the impact to a minimum and do more walking instead…