Roding Valley Half Marathon, finisher
Almost an entire month after completing my first ever official half marathon event I’ve summoned the energy to write about the painful memories of the 2 hours and 9 minutes it took me to complete the Roding Valley Half Marathon. The preparation for this event was fairly limited, a handful of weekend 10 km runs, numerous [...]
London Triathlon 2009 – Part 3 the run
Now onto the third and final leg of the London Triathlon 2009 the swim feels like a distant memory. The run section has always been my nemesis to a certain extent. My physique hasn’t typically been suited to running and still isn’t, I can’t imagine it ever will be but it’s something I’ve been working [...]
The GRIM Duathlon. But, was it?
It’s been two weeks since participating in the GRIM Duathlon and it’s only just occurred to me that I haven’t yet posted about it. So here goes… The delay in posting, having thought about it may be due to the mental block suffered as part of my participation. Scarred by the experience, I’ve only just [...]
Training is slow, it’s just not good enough
Hmmm, am I making excuses for myself or is it really that difficult to train just after having a second child? Not me, of course, but my wife. Last weekend, my second son was born. He's great and my eldest who is 3 is also really good about becoming as big brother, although he does [...]
