too much running

Posted on January 28, 2007 by JH

I’ve been casting around for things to write about, now that I’ve sworn off all things public-transport. This blog has always been basically about running, hence the title, but I’m aware not everyone is as fascinated by LSD and fartlek as I. Therefore I try to add a little other stuff just to sweeten the pill, so to speak.

No need to thank me, it’s all part of the service.

So what are other people writing about? Here are some of my current non-running-related favourites:

What Ho Proles! “Being the diary of an English Tory Gentleman” - a lot better than it sounds
Richard Dawkins.net - the world’s most famous aetheist
Road to Surfdom - not (much) about surfing, lots of good stuff about politics etc.
Frankie Valley - not the 50s singer - a brilliant blog on Charlton Athletic. Comments and responses almost as good as the main blog. An absolute genius at winding up moronic English football fans, not that it’s all that hard really.

Some running sites:

Running all over the place - a strange attraction for Craig Mottram and various members of the New Zealand cricket team. More obsessed with running than me. Makes me feel lazy.
Tails from the trail - includes a tattoo removal section. Very helpful.

Running
A quick glance at my online training diary gizmo will show you a bit of difference between column C and E this last week. I’ve managed to stretch a planned 60k week into an actual 74k.

Mostly it was because I couldn’t find routes that went for exactly 10 or 8ks. Yesterday however, I just didn’t feel ready to stop at 20k. It was much more of a 30k day, perhaps more. The sun was shining, there was a lovely cool breeze and I set the mp3 player to shuffle and let it throw up a succession of great songs. A relatively slow pace, but perhaps marginally too fast for a standard LSD. 4.7 minutes per k.

An example - Berceause by Gabriel Faure, followed by Coffee and TV, by Blur. As a playlist, it works remarkably well.

Back to the running, I just don’t see the point in pulling back my training to match the program.

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2 Responses to “too much running”

  1. Em, on January 29th, 2007 at 10:04 am Said:

    The training program is probably aimed at building a base, but you have a good one already so why not just go with the flow and keep building :-)

    I’ve bookmarked some of those links to check out later.

    Thanks god the trains are running through again, no more waiting for busses that never arrive, quietly fuming knowing there is nothing you can do.

  2. Sekhmet, on February 2nd, 2007 at 3:44 am Said:

    Which reminds me, I need to update with my one week tattoo pic! That is actually now a two week tattoo pic…

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