February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 by Julie

First run of spring

8 miles on the agenda for Saturday. I woke early and had my usual running breakfast: 2 slices of toast and a banana. With coffee. It’s not a lot of calories but fine for this distance and sits well in the tummy. The only snag was that it had frozen hard on Friday night and the footpaths were very icy, so I decided to leave it a bit later to go out, till the sun had a chance to burn off the frost. That meant getting back into bed for a while. No arguments there.…
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January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 by Julie

Something like spring

Tuesdays are speedwork days, and I have been doing interval-type sessions. I worked from home today so I took the opportunity to run when it was still bright, and it was lovely. Though it was really cold (2 degrees C, felt like -2!), the birds were singing and there was still light in the sky and it kind of felt like spring. Spring proper is still a long way off, however. Anyway I just wanted to get out, so I did 3 miles faster than normal for me, so I think I will classify it…
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