After a restful night, I was up early to explore the area around our cottage. I headed along the edge of the main road (not too busy) before turning off and heading for the river’s edge; the river in this case being Afron Dwyryd. Following a path of decreasing width, I came to the water…

Pub LunchAfter working far too many shifts, including eight nights in a stretch, I finished work at 07:00 on Wednesday morning and went straight to bed. But not for long.After a couple of hours, I was up and putting on my running gear. A quick bite of breakfast and I was out of the door…

Having had to do many, many extra hours at work over the past few months, I have had very little time to run, walk or just about anything else. As a result, my fitness has declined, my health deteriorated and my weight and clothes size increased.Luckily, and at long last, we have some new staff…

Legs are a little achey today after yesterday’s parkrun – but not too bad, not bad at all, really. Still on nights, I decided that I’d walk into work this evening and chose a route along the Birmingham Fazeley canal. By the time I’d reached the canal at The Tyburn House pub it was getting…

With a couple of events pencilled in on the calendar, I needed to devise some sort of training plan to ensure that I will be as ready as I can for the challenges ahead.Using all the resources at hand, I have come up with what I call … the plan !  The main event is…