Running impressions...

Well, after the thrill of being mentioned in the local newspaper and the cascade of sarcastic texts that followed I was geared up for my run on Saturday. This was spurred on by the scary teenagers ripping up the mud on their bikes by the relief river and making clearly hilarious impressions of me running. Cheeky sods – I certainly do not sway my arms like that!

My plans to run on Sunday were scuppered by an impromptu trip to Chessington World of Adventures. A great deal of walking and indeed running ensued – so really a day of training only interrupted by a bacon and cheese burger at lunch time...

Christine

Road Run - 22/4

So the excuse is that I ran this after work, and didn’t eat anything energy boosting pre-run. Not toooo bad though I guess.

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Colin

Angel Delight

It has been a while since my last post but rest assured I have been running! I managed 3 runs over the long Easter break which almost made up for the chocolate and angel delight gorge!

Lack of a pedometer and any maps that go through the area I run (a relief river) it is difficult to measure just how far I’ve been going. I tend to run for around an hour and have been trying to increase it as the weeks go by. At the weekend I actually yelped at the woman that suddenly appeared from around a corner wearing a big purple puffa jacket – then I obviously had to pick up the pace out of embarrassment and this resulted in a stitch accompanied by hiccups. A good effort I think.

Christine

Inconstancy is my very essence

Training has slowed down recently due to illness, Easter, catching up on work and the wet weather. I managed to do a couple of 5Ks last weekend which went really well – I found a nice country route which does go past a disused canal, but it’s better than the roads and breathing in car fumes. This weekend looks to be a busy one again, but if I leave early enough tonight I’ll try and get a quick one in, plus Sunday is wide open (at the moment). I do intend to intensify the frequency but obviously there are a lot of conflicting factors involved!

Matt

Road Run - 12/4

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Activity	Running
Start time	12.04.09 11:48
Duration	24 min 26 s
Distance	4.62 km
Speed (average)	11.3 km/h km/h
Speed (max)	22.0 km/h km/h
Pace (average)	5 min 17 s per km
Pace (max)	2 min 43 s per km
Altitude (min)	88 m
Altitude (max)	121 m

Colin

No Hills for Donna!

Have been working hard this weekend and am now paying the price! Started out on Saturday with a small run around my parents village, literally didn’t go far enough to class it as hard work. So hit London on Saturday night and agreed with my personal trainer to set the alarm for 6.59 on Sunday and hit the streets for a 3k run. Inevitably I ended up going on my own with Bobby trotting along beside me! Sunday was even better when I managed 5.6k in Marlow, again with the help of Bobby, although I couldn’t quite bring myself to run up the hills :) I am hoping the more I train the easier it will get. If I could move my muscles I think I would give myself a pat on the back!!

Dance Training

Well I didn’t manage to go running the weekend as I headed to see a friend and then spent the weekend shopping, eating, chatting and dancing badly in a club. Actually I consider the hours of dancing and shopping as exercise so I guess it wasn’t too bad a weekend’s training! Just have to ignore the chocolate croissants and various other goodies…

I intend to do a lot of exercise over the coming long weekend and try to avoid the chocolate pile forming in the front room! Heading to salsa later and hope to try a Capoeira (Brazilian martial arts) class next week.

Christine