Updates and photos from my regular running routes with occasional observations about training - although these days, PBs are a distant memory! I also like to talk about the benefits yoga has for injury avoidance, strength and stamina.
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Warm. Still 31 degrees according to Carrot weather, though Strava has it at 28. Felt warm and I am definitely still not acclimatised or completely used to the new fasting regime. Feeling lighter and stronger but just hit a “run out of fuel” wall. This evening it was at seven
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That’s confirmed. I’d rather have the heat and the hills than run after sixteen hours fasting. Loving the intermittent fasting (two weeks in) and I’m sleeping so much better, but running first thing in the morning when you haven’t eaten since 2pm the previous day is
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Completely depleted after the evening commute run and no fuel since 1:30pm yesterday. The intermittent fasting is definitely helping me to sleep better but two runs in no food is a bit stupid. I had planned to get up at six, have breakfast and run at 8:30. it
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Run home from the office. Very busy by Farringdon and along The Strand. Dodging commuters for much of the run. Felt stronger than the stats indicate. Not sure if that’s good or bad!
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Up and at ‘em ahead of second day at Money2020 in Amsterdam. Yesterday was a 4am start for a 6am flight. A full day walking around a massive conference centre and then a five mile walk to reccy this morning’s route. Around 30,000 steps and 18 hours awake.
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Two runs and a short walk this morning. Dead beat. Started an intermittent fast regime yesterday and after two lots of hills this week and no running at all last week, it was a shock to the system! I’m sure it’ll get easier after a few weeks, but
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More hills. Wonderful morning. Climbs felt OK today but generally still not feeling my best. The cold is hanging around and I’m still very snotty (sorry!). I say it frequently, but still can’t say it enough: blessed to have such amazing routes to run. I pinch myself most
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Thought about a half today and then changed my mind and did hills instead (a bit pushed for time if I’m honest). Hard to believe from this photo the deep blue sky that opened up about 90 minutes later, but I wasn’t complaining about the cooler temperature that
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Still feeling last week’s chest cold. A little tired and my heart rate is around 10 bpm higher than it should be. The weather was kind though. A light cloud cover kept the heat off and a gentle breeze also made it feel very pleasant for running. Despite feeling
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I’ve been poorly for the last week. just a chest cold, but enough to keep me out of the trainers and off the yoga mat. feeling stir crazy by the weekend, but still not well enough to venture out. This morning, I thought I’d head up the hill
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Paseo del Parque and definitely feeling the missed runs this week. Beautiful weather. Set off thinking “I’ll take it slowly today.” Then soon realised, there probably wasn’t another option! On the recommendation of Andi Ihantko (MacBreak Weekly), I downloaded an app called “Habits” from the Not Boring developers.
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Since I haven’t run since Sunday [sigh] I thought I’d wake the legs up with a gentle 5k. Lovely to be back in Spain. I was only away a week (and we had some great weather in London), but there’s something about the depth of blue in
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Hyde Park, as planned. Beautiful weather today. Felt yesterday’s seven miler in my legs a little today, but it was a lovely run. Lots of runners and walkers out enjoying the sunshine in the parks.
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London again and one of my usual routes on a Saturday morning, often timed to coincide with the Battersea Park run which I meet coming in the opposite direction. Today was good. Started out feeling tight and a little sore in the left IT band but it eased off after
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Back to running how I feel like running. I woke up yesterday pondering on why I’m trying to get faster. I’m not at the age where PBs are a possibility. I like to run and it makes me feel good, particularly at times when life presents so many
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Still feeling tired. But today it was a lack of sleep, rather than tired legs. I guess it’s an unavoidable downside of age, but it’s frustrating that it seems to take much longer - and a lot more work - to bring fitness levels back. I’ve lacked