Richmond Park

Park Running Joy

January 15, 2012
Park Running Joy

I got up early enough to hit traffic jams in the Royal Parks – hordes of runners and dog walkers trying to enjoy the beautiful winter sun on the frosty ground. My original plan was for a short loop of Wimbledon Common followed by a full lap of Richmond Park but I was at the [...]

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Habit Forming

January 8, 2012
Habit Forming

I’m in search of habits – little habits. I’ve signed up to something called 3 Tiny Habits. I don’t know much about yet as it hasn’t started but I’m guessing that it requires me to develop 3 small habits. But what to choose? Daily running aka Janathon, sounds like a major habit. Nail biting sounds [...]

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Kingston Breakfast Run morphs into Richmond Lunchtime Run

March 27, 2011
Kingston Breakfast Run morphs into Richmond Lunchtime Run

Last night saw two less than eager runners imbibing carefully measured doses of liquid carbs. It was the night before the much anticipated Kingston Breakfast run and we were supposed to be having a nightcap but ended up winding each other up. For some reason the Kingston race had been declared a music free zone [...]

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Cut Short

July 10, 2010
Cut Short

My hairdresser doesn’t force me to partake in an hours worth of small talk and almost never asks me about my holiday plans for the year.  We talk a little bit about running and then he cuts my hair. Job done. For this I am grateful. As a result, every 4 weeks or so, I [...]

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Excess Offset

December 24, 2008
Excess Offset

The non-runner dragged me out on another run this Saturday, and I mean literally dragged. I clung on to her belt for dear life as she tried to master pace setting on the bike. It’s obviously fairly tricky cycling at my running pace and more practice is clearly required. I’m pretty sure that we hit [...]

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Knit One, Pearl One

August 21, 2008
Knit One, Pearl One

My running seems to be oscillating wildly between run one, love one, hate one. Today was time for another “love one”, thankfully. I wish you could tell how you’re going to feel before you set off, when I get a duff run I feel like throwing in the towel and quitting, these are runs to [...]

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New Shoe MoJo

February 3, 2008
New Shoe MoJo

I cut last weeks long run short to attend pressing matters at the allotment so this week I thought I’d reverse my priorities – head to the plot first and then leave the afternoon free for running. After a few hours of digging in the wind I couldn’t decide if I was more in need [...]

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Running Sans Erythrocytes

January 27, 2008
Running Sans Erythrocytes

I wasn’t on top form when my alarm went off on Saturday morning but by lunchtime I was beginning to contemplate an intermediate distance run along the river. By 3 in the afternoon as I started seeing signs of everyone else’s stronger commitment, I felt it was time to take the Garmin out for some [...]

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Hypnotic Resistance

January 20, 2008
Hypnotic Resistance

I bought a pack of jelly tots to act as a replacement for those noxious gels on todays long run. Unfortunately I finished the pack before I even left the flat. As punishment I loaded Paul McKenna’s “I Can Make You Thin” hypnotic track onto the iPod and set off. So I’m kitted up, eager [...]

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Longish Exceedingly Slow Run

January 14, 2008
Longish Exceedingly Slow Run

I have just woken from a solid 13 hour sleep and I would still be soundly snoring if it weren’t for the third rather persistent alarm bouncing on my ear drum. Yesterdays long run knocked me flat and I feel I could sleep for a minimum of a week – waking just in time for [...]

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