Firstly, it’s been a while since I last posted on this blog!So, why have a decided to break ‘radio-silence’ all of a sudden. Well, it’s mainly due to me having signed up for a 24 hour race. The event that I’ve chosen is the Cotswold 24 Hour Race (Link) being held on the weekend of…
Author: kevbaldry
Under Pressure
I had 6 miles to run today so decided to do it by running into work. The wrist mounted HRM jumped around a bit but settled down once into the run proper. More alarming is the altimeter which gave this … There’s no scale but I started at around 300 ft and ended up at…
The Proof is in the …
Reading through, probably, last month’s Country Walking magazine, I happened upon an article about waterproof jackets and the need to, periodically, re-proof them. It got me thinking. “When did I last re-proof MY jacket?” “Have I ever re-proofed my jacket?” Anyway, when I was in Go Outdoors last week (they had a sale on, you…
Runnies (is there such a word?)
Even though I’d had a decent work out walking from Wolverhampton earlier in the day, the running training plan called for a 4 mile RUN today. Needing a bit of push, I arranged to meet the other half at The Griffin around 7 o’clock. I planned on running to said boozer a distance of 6…
Walkies – Only 1000 miles to go
Luckily yesterday was a scheduled rest day which I took full advantage of – I only did 2632 steps – half my daily goal. Most of those were to and from the bar of The Griffin !!! This morning, I dragged myself out of bed and went with the other half to Wolverhampton. She…