Another great run

It was a joy to watch Mo Farah in Birmingham on Sat. he ran another brilliant race and won going away from the field. It is really satisfying when you see a runner who is able to judge pace like that and know that when the button is pressed for the final burst, a good win is assured.
A bit different from that was the Cross Country racing I attended briefly in my home town on Sat. no great or particularly famous names there, but the object was the same - to run well and do the best you can. The runners had a tough course which was well cut up with the weather but that did not deter them too much and I'm sure they all enjoyed it....
For myself, I am enjoying building my distance up again, albeit slowly. Today I enjoyed a 2 miler which was slightly longer than my last 1.5 miles - easy does it. I hope to be at the 5k distance by mid March.

Making a return - at last

Well, after a long period of inactivity - 6 months - I have finally managed to get back out on the roads running. Admittedly the first run was only half a mile, but it was a start and I have been able to capitalise on that with a further 4 x 1 mile runs. So everything is going well. My startegy is to build up slowly and be running 3 miles by the end of March and then progress to 6 x miles by June. We will see how things work out

A Stupendous Feat of Running

News today of a Belgian guy who has just completed 365 marathons in 365 days !!!! This is some feat of endurance especially when as a child he had asthma and was told he should not take part in sports. Makes you think doesn't it. If you are in training for a race then this kinda puts things in perspective. Yes, you can do it, it is only one race. This 49yr old guy woke up every morning and completed a marathon every day for a year. The mind boggles...... Wonder how many pairs of trainers he went through ???