A Winters Day

I awoke before the hounds so I dressed before venturing go out (I do not normally out without dressing – you know what I mean!). Still on an easy week I did a couple of miles equally divided between Misty and Gabby. After work, I walked the mile into the city centre to catch the…

Yum Yum

On my walk to The Griffin on Sunday, I listened to the Talk Ultra podcast (LINK). A lot of the episode was taken up with an interview with John Kelly who had just won the 2020 Spine Race. The Spine is basically racing The Pennine Way – in January! It is regarded as one of…

Monday

I was lying in bed in that state between sleeping and being awake when I became aware of a whimper. I glanced at my watch which informed me that it was 04:50 – not too bad. I threw the dogs out into the garden while I went back upstairs to get dressed. Looking out of…

"This is Security!"

Well, the plan worked and I was awoken at … I had a leisurely breakfast before heading out the door, firstly with Misty followed by Gabby. My training schedule called for sixteen miles so we did the Water Orton circuit – so there’s six out of the way. On the first lap, we went anti-clockwise,…

Five Fifteen

For the first time in ages, I was awoken by the alarm on my watch instead of by two energy filled pooches. After dressing I took the pooches out for a loop of the local streets clocking up 1.4 mils each. On returning to base, we all had breakfast before I departed for work. Following…