So, the event that I had chosen, as a pick me up following my, less than perfect, Rowbotham’s Round Rotherham and planned for tomorrow – has been cancelled. In an email from the organiser, the event has been postponed until 3rd March next year with he option of walking any other Big Bear six hour…
Kev Walks
Cannon Hill parkrun
Back to the ‘normal’ Saturday pattern after deviating for last week’s Rowbotham’s Round Rotherham effort. Wanting to do something local, my nearest, unvisited, parkrun was Cannon Hill Park. I didn’t want the hassle of driving across town then parking up etc. so drove to work in Digbeth and used the couple of miles walk to…
Workout
Although I walk a lot, I wouldn’t say that I was fit. I have almost zero upper body strength. I can walk and walk but anything that involves the core will stump me. While asking for advice on starting race walking, a lot of people have said that I need to have a strong core…
Redemption ?
After my failure at the RRR on Saturday, I have found something a little different to do as a bit of a morale booster. Next Tuesday, on Cannock Chase, there is a six hour event using a permanent 5k running course. They’ve tagged a little extra on to make each lap 3.3 miles. Basically, the…
RRR 2021 (the wrong shoes)
On Friday afternoon, after doing the weekly shop and picking up a few extras for the walk, I set off up the M42 towards Rotherham grabbing my blue shoes from the rack on the way out. After inputting the postcode into my SatNav, I discovered that I would be passing close by a friend’s house…