1 hour to do 10k. Not my most brilliant performance, but the first piece of real exercise since the Edinburgh Marathon, so not altogether disappointing either. It was very, very hot, even at 8:30 in the morning and the course was an undulating one with a particularly nasty climb about half way round.
I decided to start the year with a 25km run (or amble, depending on your point of view), following the route of the Circle Line in London – above ground, so as not to electrocute myself. Here’s how I got on… (And apologies for the fairly disgusting moment as I speak to camera at…
There is something profoundly captivating about standing a few metres from a lion. It is not simply the sheer beauty of the animal, nor even the extraordinary power that seems to ripple through every movement. It is the unmistakable recognition that, despite millions of years of evolution and very different lives, the lion and the…
I am not alone in thinking yesterday’s organisation was a bit chaotic… http://runtomybeat.co.uk/forums/t/225.aspx
Gosh, it was hot in London this afternoon. But, so far, we haven’t seen the temperatures and drought of the summer of 1976. In 1976, there were 15 consecutive days when temperatures reached 32C (89.6F) or higher somewhere in the UK, according to the Met Office. We haven’t managed that yet. As I sat in St…
A really nice race, this one, with just a little sting in the tail! The last km was pretty much all uphill, which came as a bit of a surprise to those of us who didn’t know this part of Buckinghamshire. Excellently organised – and a very nice bacon bap at the end.
An overhyped and very poorly managed event. The day didn’t start well, although no-one can blame the event organisers for the vagaries of London’s tube system. Just at the critical moment when thousands of people were trying to get to the O2, London Transport suspended the service on the Jubilee line, stranding us all on…
