I hate treadmills.
Even ones with TVs in them…
Especially ones with TVs in them.
Rant – It’s only because I love you…
Continuing my theme of reflection, now comes the time for me to get something off my chest – it’s time for the inevitable rant.
At this stage I feel I have to comment on some of the posts I have seen, on this site and others, that fill me with dread. They’re the kind of posts that say ‘ran two miles this week, I’ll try three next week but my feet are really sore, my progress is
Dusty Footprints – Time for Reflection
I’m back in Saudi Arabia again, and haven’t even had time to hit the treadmills so I’m missing my running.
The first time I was here this year I was desperately trying to keep up my fitness as I neared the end of my training for a 30-mile cross-country hill run. It was a major challenge and the goal at the end of 6 months’ training. Inadvertently it also turned into the beginning
first post for October 2010
this is my second week of running in “barefoot” shoes made by terra plana, I was training for a half marathon aiming for a new pb of sub 1.35 and started to develop pains in my left foot under the arch and my achillies of my right foot, once I crossed the finish line of the half in 1.34.50 I decided that something had to change to make things more enjoyable and less injury prone.
I had
1st post
I came to barefoot running the way most of us seemed to – tired of the long term pain and problems associated with trying to run in shoes. For me the issue has always been shin splints. I would do everything “right” according to the conventional wisdom – I ramped up my mileage slowly, stretched religiously, bought expensive shoes and pair after pair of orthotics. But nothing
Black Mountains — how the other half run
A slightly cautious week in view of the unknown experience to come, that of the Black Mountains Fell Race.
This soft, southern, road-runner was feeling quite anxious about this one.
The event was recommended to me by a friend of mine. He’s into Alpine marathons and more these days, but has plenty of experience on the fells and mountains of these islands. He’s also recently