Thursday’s run was a pretty uneventful run though Parkfields and back – a nice steady 4 miles. Friday, I was up early to take some of the grandchildren to school. Glancing at my watch, I noticed a text standing me down from school run duties. I made a few calculations and after consulting the charts…

After a rest day on Monday, yesterday morning, after my night shift, I was running through the fog along the canal. I had 4 miles to cover so ran along the Grand Union Canal turning around at The Ackers. It was a great run – the fog muffling the usual traffic din and the lights…

Following yesterday’s 10 mile runs, I was at work last night finishing at 7 this morning. I rushed home and managed a couple of hours sleep before the alarm went off. I was up, dressed and out of the door by 10, driving to the Centurion Grand Prix. I arrived in plenty of time and…

My training plan called for 10 miles today. Being a Saturday means it’s parkrun-day. Now parkrun is only 5k (a little over 3 miles) so I needed to add another 7 miles somewhere. I decided after planning a few options (with plotaroute – see last post HERE) to park a bit further away from the…

When planning a new route, I often use the Add Workout / Draw Route For New Workout option of endomondo. Endomondo uses some variant of Google Maps but for some strange reason does not show train lines nor Railway Stations – useful if you’re planning on using the train to get to or from your…