I usually do a longish walk on a Wednesday and today was no exception. I had planned to walk from work, along the canal system to Hay Mills then along the River Cole path to Chelmsley Wood to meet the wife at the gym at eight.However, Sue changed gym so I had to re-route to…

Just a quick post to share the news that I have now raised £500 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Thank you to all of those who have donated to this worthy cause and for those who haven’t, please consider doing so. As a reminder, you can donate in a number of ways… Go to my Just Giving…

No, it’s not a homage to an eighties pop band but a soggy tale of this morning’s walk and it’s subsequent effects.After many days of really hot weather, it all changed very dramatically in the wee hours with torrential rain and a very impressive thunderstorm.Due to an alarm clock malfunction, I was up and dressed…

  For those who don’t know, parkrun is a free series of events run every Saturday morning around the world. All the events are 5k in length and start at 9:00 ( except in Scotland, where it is 9:30 ). The events are run by volunteers but are accurately measured and timed.The parkrun with which…

Now that summer has finally arrived, and the temperature is soaring, it’s time to ramp up the training. With less than sixty days to go, I need to get some LONG walks under my belt. This weekend, I will be doing back to back long walks – the plan calls for a three and a…