apologies

No running today, as yet, and precious little time for blogging either. How can I work when I keep getting these emails saying “Topic - Run for the kids 2008 has been updated” every 20 seconds. Yes, yes, I know if I stopped answering them, they wouldn’t come. But, take that to it’s logical conclusion [...]

ran for the kids

Well “the kids” have been run for yet again, I wonder if they realise all this is happening on their behalf?
Race report
I woke this morning, as expected, with several red hot pokers jabbing into my lower back, courtesy of a Saturday spent gardening. Bloody gardening. Also, what seemed to be the beginnings of a cold. [...]

gardening, running, kids, earth hour

I’ve pretty much ruined my chances of a fast Run for the kids time by spending today doing the “g” word (gardening). Our front lawn, never the most impressive lawns at the best of times, has been at death’s door for the past two summers. We decided to put it out of its misery, so [...]

it ain’t pretty, but…

I could never be bothered shaving on the morning of a race. There doesn’t seem any point making myself presentable. I mean, look at this, from Monday’s run…

No amount of shaving’s going to make that look good! The photographers at SC races normally make a point of looking elsewhere when I approach. I applaud their [...]

blood-suckers

I had rather a good run planned for this lunch-time and even went as far as getting changed before a nasty wardrobe malfunction ruined it all. I won’t go into the details as I don’t wish to upset the kiddies or put you off your wheaties. Suffice it to say: it ain’t pretty.
It wasn’t such [...]

run fatboy run

The JH family, or at least those old enough to appreciate such things, all trooped out to our local multiplex last night to view this particular piece of cinematic culture:
Run, Fat Boy, Run
It’s not so bad, as movies go.
Basic plot: our hero leaves gorgeous pregnant wife at the alter and, surprisingly, no-one’s pleased. Some [...]

le tour

Apologies to those amongst you who are of the lycra-lout community - the title of today’s post has nothing to do with a certain gallic velocipede competition. I have no intention of entering the tour de france, or the tour de anything for that matter.
I was a bit more interested in this:
Monumental change for Paris [...]

10km pb at burnley

I decided last night to run the Sri Chinmoy run at Burnley after eating a million hot cross buns the previous day and consequently feeling fairly flabby and evil.
I made it there by about 7:30, just in time to register, stand in line for 10 minutes for a pre-race bog and then jog up and [...]