After a gruelling 12 hour shift (stop giggling at the back!) I donned my running gear and headed for home. Around my chest was my Heart Rate Monitor (HRM) and the plan was to run at a certain effort. The theory is that different heart rates produce different effects. To simplify the situation, heart rates…

Up even earlier, this morning, for another 3 miler, pre-breakfast. A different route, through the fields bordering Parkfields. I was hoping to run according to my Heart Rate Monitor (HRM) which was working fine at home but packed up as I walked through the front door! Amazingly, it started again when I got back!!! The…

After yesterday’s marathon walk (literally) there was a little stiffness in the legs as I set off for a 3 mile run around Shustoke. I was here last week and did a lap one way, turned around and ran back. Today, I was a little more imaginative and ran past the main lake, the fishing…

Rest / Cross Training instructs my training schedule for today. Does walking count as cross training ? Anyway, I’d decided to walk, from home, to meet the other half from work – in Wolverhampton. Checking the maps, I devised a route which utilises the extensive canal network here around Birmingham. A 3 mile walk from…

Rest day today so no running or walking to report. However, on arrival at work, I was informed that I’d had a some packages delivered. The first was a letter, containing my little parkrun barcode tags. For those unacquainted with parkrun, let me explain. Parkrun organise free, timed, 5km events, around the world, every Saturday…