by Julie

Strength and speed 1

First proper training run for my half in March tonight. My running coach calls it a ‘strength and speed’ run; it’s basically a kind of tempo run I guess, designed to make one run faster than usual and help avoid boredom. And it did just that actually! There are several options - tonight I did 3 miles: half a mile slow, then half a mile fast, repeated 3 times. I did go slow at the slow bits and then went at a comfortably fast pace in the fast part, probably 9.30/mile avg pace in the…
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by Julie

A runner’s dream

I meant to run yesterday but I woke up with a dreadful headache which disabled me all day. Then I dreamt last night that I was running with an old friend, and woke myself up with the thought that I should be running instead of dreaming about it! Was clearly on my mind. So I eventually got up and out of the bed and out the door. I had coffee and water but no food as I didn’t feel hungry and wasn’t planning on going too far. I paid for that, I think, in that…
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by Julie

Off to a good start

I said last night I would go for a run today and am happy to report that I did. As usual I wished I had ran more over the holidays but that is typical me. Anyway I made my choices. Two easy miles on New Year’s Day beats sitting on the couch. Even better, Peter hung up the medal holder that my family got me when I did the marathon - it looks great and tidies up all my medals. So I think the new year is off to a good start.
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