Category: Running

  • Counting the days

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    I’m back into fracture clinic tomorrow morning. The foot feels pretty good and is well supported by the cast. As you can see from the image above, I’ve got counters running that count the days of healing and count down towards my major races this year. I won’t be that fit for Windsor but I…

  • Going nuts

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    It’s almost two weeks since I fractured the bone in my foot and I’m starting to go nuts. Kim’s surprised I’ve not gone mad already. I’m trying not to think about it. Six weeks in plaster and six weeks out of training is the least of it. As I can’t put any weight on my…

  • Spiral fracture of the distal shaft of the fifth metatarsal bone of my left foot

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    After a very brief assessment in fracture clinic this morning (and all that was needed) I had a load bearing cast wrapped around my leg, ankle and foot to replace the weekend’s temporary backslap plaster cast. The verdict: 6 weeks in a cast, no load bearing for 2 weeks, expect 8-12 weeks before walking with…

  • Polar to Garmin

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    Like me, my Polar heart rate monitor, chronometer, speedometer and sole training partner (other than my shadow, but he hasn’t been out much lately) has been struggling recently. His memory failed this week after getting a little water inside his case, and he’s never really recovered. Sorry buddy, but it’s time for a replacement. Polar…

  • RIP Polar S625x

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    I thought I’d revived the little fella with a new battery and a little TLC, but it looks like its days of partnering me when training are over. It has had a tough life. After its last new battery a couple of years ago it misted up when swimming in Africa and has been a…

  • Self-coached

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    I like coaching myself. I’m very motivated and obsessively read around any subject I’m interested in. I have a reasonable understanding of the human body and I’m always keen to add to that, to tie in different bits of knowledge and better understand what’s going on inside me and the other machines like me. I…

  • 2010

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    2010 has kicked off. I asked Jack whether I should continue cycling, running, swimming and racing or just take it easy, eat biscuits and play more computer games. He pondered very briefly before confirming that I should keep doing what I’m doing. I think I was looking for an out. I asked him why he…

  • From one period to the next

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    I’m coming to the end of my transition or recovery period after this year’s racing, and after the Dublin marathon in particular. I’ve been taking it really easy for 6 weeks, training as I feel like it and eating wheelbarrow loads of doughnuts and cakes. I’ve done very little running, had a full week of…

  • A year in preparation

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    I mentioned in my Dublin marathon race report that I’d show some data from the year of training leading up to that race. What do you have to do to run a 2:46 marathon? Let’s start with the year before I started preparing, i.e. from November 2007 to October 2008. Here’s a graph of all…

  • Dublin Marathon – race report

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    For the biggest race of my running year I really don’t have that much to say. I’ll post some stats, data and training histories soon to show my build up. Kim and I wandered to the start with 13,000 other competitors and I got settled into position near the front nice and late after a…