Firstly, it’s been a while since I last posted on this blog!So, why have a decided to break ‘radio-silence’ all of a sudden. Well, it’s mainly due to me having signed up for a 24 hour race. The event that I’ve chosen is the Cotswold 24 Hour Race (Link) being held on the weekend of…
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Under Pressure
I had 6 miles to run today so decided to do it by running into work. The wrist mounted HRM jumped around a bit but settled down once into the run proper. More alarming is the altimeter which gave this … There’s no scale but I started at around 300 ft and ended up at…
Runnies (is there such a word?)
Even though I’d had a decent work out walking from Wolverhampton earlier in the day, the running training plan called for a 4 mile RUN today. Needing a bit of push, I arranged to meet the other half at The Griffin around 7 o’clock. I planned on running to said boozer a distance of 6…
Watch This
A couple of weeks ago, I walked from Cannock Chase to Lichfield along the Heart of England Way. To navigate, I used a recent purchase, namely a Garmin Foretrex 401. This unusual unit is a stripped down GPS unit with Barometric Barometer (and hence Altimeter) and proper compass. There are no maps on the unit…
Happy New Year
Firstly, may I wish everyone a Happy New Year ? I’m not one for resolutions so I won’t go on about losing so much weight, drinking less, running faster etc. etc. What I will do is highlight my plans for 2017. I will be having another stab at a 100 miler. The LDWA event this…