I awoke feeling good so saddled up the pooches and we headed out for a three mile circuit of nearby Water Orton. Once away from ‘civilisation’ the dogs were let off for a run until we got half way down Attleboro Lane when they had to go back on their leashes. We continued back…
walking
No Longer an Athlete
In my heydays as a race walker, I joined Nuneaton Harriers as they were the only local club to do race walking and I received some excellent advice and coaching, even competing in some races (we won’t mention the 800m running). Since my knee injury, I have had to scale back on the walking (and…
Scotland (for real)
After completing my virtual tour of Scotland, I have just come back from a fortnight in the Real Scotland. My good lady and I spent a couple of weeks island hopping around the Outer, and to a lesser extent, the Inner Hebrides. My knee was still playing up so not a great deal of walking….
Still Going
The plan is going, well, to plan. Today’s, mid-week, long-ish, walk was for twelve miles. I had arranged with Sue, earlier in the week, to pick me up from The Griffin on Wednesday so had to come up with something from work in Digbeth, Birmingham. Using Plot-a-route, I planned a walk of a dozen…
Nearly There (North Coast 500)
I have managed a few (short) walks since bemoaning the fact that I’d lost my Mojo (see pervious post). Plugging the latest numbers into the End to End website shows that I have now walked four hundred and sixty two miles leaving me with just shy of fifty four miles to go. I have…