I woke up a few times during the night with a stabbing pain in my right shin. I hope that I hadn’t overdone it yesterday with my walk and run ! The pain persisted so I did a few chores around the house before donning my running gear and venturing out. The shin was still…

I missed my rest day walk yesterday so decided to get one in today. I also had a 3 mile run scheduled in the training plan. I hatched a cunning plan – I’d meet the other half from work in Wolverhampton and get there by … Catching the bus into Birmingham, Train to Stourbridge, Walk…

It’s not fair !!! Six week on what? Six weeks ago, I started running again (sounds a bit like an alcoholics’ meeting). From my initial run/walk sessions where I was running for 2 minutes then walking for 2, I am now running continuously for 7 miles. I used to run. I stopped after the Coventry…

This LSD may well supply the runner with a high – a runner’s high. In this case the L, S and D stand for Long, Slow and Distance. It’s a training run which is long enough to condition the body to being on the feet. The actual distance varies depending on the distance one is…

NOT MY WATCH !!! After my odd rest day on Monday, where I walked 19 miles, the next three days’ runs were each of three miles. Tuesday was my local circular run to Water Orton, Wednesday was an out and back along the canals from work, Thursday – out and back in the other direction….