shorts

Occasionally I have a good run of results, running-wise, perhaps a PB here or there or just a good couple of training sessions. It doesn’t take much before I’m going about calling myself a marathon runner, puffing my chest up with pride, looking down on mere “joggers” and generally making an arse of myself.
If there’s [...]

the pointy end

Three sleeps to go until the big race; yes I’m getting down to the pointy end now. I’m feeling strangely calm, almost serene, about the whole thing. Yes, I know it’s a long run, but hey, that’s for Sunday morning. It’ll sort itself out then.
I’ve done all the training I can possibly do, far more [...]

feverish anticipation

There’s rather a lot to talk about today in Jruns land; I may need to split this all up into two posts.
Yes, gosh-darn-it, I will. This post is about running and/or marathon stuff. The later one is about more general things.
RunningI’m well and truly into tapering-mode now. Only 6 days to go. Last weekend was [...]

new shoes

I’ve finally pushed the boat out and bought a new pair of runners. Hooray.
My cunning business brain noticed Amart allsports were selling Brooks Adrenaline GTS 7 for $10 cheaper than Rebel Sports. So I trooped into Rebel in QV on Tuesday arvo and walked out 10 minutes later with a new pair under my arms, [...]

new shoes

Don’t get excited. I don’t actually have new shoes, but I am in the market for some.
It occurred to me yesterday that my old shoes have about 1300k on them. That’s probably about 500k too much. What’s 500k between friends you ask? Not much, I agree, but they’re Brooks Adrenalines which don’t have the best [...]