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Saucony Ride 5 for ‘My Right Shin’!!! Seriously,what is going on with the Shin from Hell? Let’s recap. Thursday…pain. Not insignificant amounts. So I drop out of the Lake Chabot Half as the wise thing...
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March blast off!
My March resolutions have started very well indeed! At 6am on Friday the 1st, you would have found me on the treadmill, one of my very rare ventures onto the machine of doom. It was my only option so I...
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Hardest.Run.Ever
We are now one week down without the Husband who is away on business…four more sleeps till he gets back, four more!!! This last week, I have been seriously overwhelmed by the kindness of my friends who...
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A glutton for punishment…and Leek and Potato soup…
Yesterday was my second RunDay!!! Whilst the Dude rocked Preschool, I got a good run in. I was a total glutton for punishment because I decided to re-run Saturday’s killer, hilly route. Today’s run was...
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Trails and sunshine
This weekend started with one of my most fun ever runs. The Dude and I were out the house at 7.25 and we drove to Edgewood Park, last weekend’s discovery. There, we met up with my friend Juli and her...
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Speeding up the long run!
This weekend, I wanted to start working on pace for my long run. When I was training for Healdsburg, I started alternating normal-speed miles with faster-speed miles and it worked really well. I wanted...
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Seeking out the fog!
It’s been a scorcher of a week so far. Not complaining at all, it’s perfect and blissful. But it does make running a little difficult!! On Monday, as the temperature soared to 86F (30C), I took the...
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The price of coolness!
I had a rubbish running weekend. A splendid weekend otherwise, but rubbish when it came to running. I intended to do 12 miles, alternating fast/slow miles. But then I couldn’t get out of bed early...
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Weddings, laughter and running
It was a lovely weekend. A real cracker of one! Friday! Wedding Day! On Friday, we went to the wedding of two British friends who tied the knot at City Hall in San Francisco. I love weddings! The...
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A houseful of Half Marathoners!
Thank you all for your lovely comments on my last post about my thoughts on the forthcoming San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon.It struck me that you all have so much more confidence in my running...
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Achey legs
It’s been a great weekend! First of all, it was a FAB weekend to be British. I haven’t talked much this year about the Tour de France but we are BIG fans and have been watching all week, so we were...
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The time I bailed on my long run!
Last week was pretty manic at our house. As I mentioned, it was Vacation Bible Camp at our church and both the Dude and I were involved. I am TOTALLY out of practice at getting out the house early with...
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A week in my shoes…July 19th
So many random things to mention this week. We’ll start with the running. Saturday: 10 rough miles. With a dramatic MRP (mid-run poo). Come on, we all do it, don’t we? Sunday: 2 unexpected trail...
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A week in my shoes…July 26th
It’s been a relatively quiet week, this week…which is nice! And today is only 14 sleeps away from my darling parents landing in California – haven’t seen them since February so I am DYING WITH...
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Building blocks
For a while now, I’ve been feeling out-of-shape. Not badly so, but just not as fit as I used to be. Until last week’s trail adventures at Briones, I hadn’t run 13 miles since the Half Moon Bay...
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Rock Hunting
This week’s long run took place on Friday when the Dude was at pre-school. It’s his first week back and once again, I’m really grateful for the time it gives me to run! This is especially the case now...
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Running The World
I got very excited this weekend about a new series I’m planning to start here on the blog. I was thinking about our time in Japan and how interesting it had been to see the running culture over...
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If you change direction…
Don’t worry about the title…nothing profound is going on, but on Friday, I was reminded that sometimes, if you do things slightly differently, if you change direction, you see things from a whole new...
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Building up distance
February hasn’t been a wonderful month so far as much as running goes. My focus for this month was building up distance in preparation for the Post Oak Lodge Challenge 25k in Oklahoma at the end of the...
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