Running two races in the same weekend – Part 2 – The 5km race

Welcome back! If you are reading this one first, I recommend that you read my first post about the running weekend here. I had just completed the 30 miler and felt okay, I had a minor twinge but I knew a little rub and care would look after it easily enough. Tomorrow would be a...

Running two races in the same weekend – Part 1

Spoiler, not my brightest of ideas, but one I actually enjoyed for different reasons! A 30-mile race followed the next day with the first race with Victoria in a flat 5k. Today you will read about the 30 miler attempt! Shall we? The 30 miler Funnily, this wasn't the race I was most nervous about over that...

Neglecting runnings past successes

I had the opportunity to attend an event in Belfast on the 16th August about an anniversary of a historic race that occurred in Belfast 50 years ago, and I had never heard of it or the people involved before. Which made me think about how we are neglecting the major events that happen in...

The coaching side of running: Part 2

Hello! It has been a little while since I updated you on Victoria's progress in her running (check out her version here and here... Oh and here!)! The last time we left it, she had an aim of nipping in at 34:30 for the big race on the 20th, which would mean finding 10 minutes from...

Running: Races in August and September

The next couple of months are going to hopefully be filled with me on the roads running up a lot of miles and hopefully getting a few medals. As I am doing quite a few races over the next 8 weeks I thought I would share with you some of them and if you know...

July workout plan: part 1

We have two months of the summer left and I thought it was time to really kick my fitness regime into gear. I have been too inconsistent with my workouts and training and have gained weight back and this makes me far too unhappy. I tend to work better when given targets to achieve each...

The importance of hydration when running

Hello! Part 2 of my running training will come up later tonight, so expect a running double bill today! Lucky... or unlucky you! Shall we?   This year I did my annual jaunt around Belfast in the marathon. Although I had not trained as much as I would have liked (working through that) I felt...

Running: The fun of training part 1

Hello again! It feels like just a few hours ago I had a post written for you... Oh, wait... The avid amateur runner that I am, and how I know over time I will almost always relate something back to running... Running is love, running is life. I thought why not start off Running Fridays (running...

A day in the life

Alright? First off, apologies are in order as I got stuck in work and could not get this post up until today, so you fine folks get the joy of two posts in one day! Lucky ducks! Shall we? As I am new to this blogging malarky and we don't really know each other too...