Happy New year! As I write it is 15 weeks till the Marathon! 1. How am I doing with my training I hear you ask. 2. What have I been up to? 3. Why haven’t I posted anything since early October. Well, these are all jolly good questions and I shall answer them in reverse … More 2010 – A Fresh Start

06/10/2009Originally uploaded by steveslaw Today I became the owner of a nice shiny new pair of running shoes. Apparently my left foot is a size 9.5 and my right is a 9. Odd that my old running shoes (and every other pair of shoes/trainers I own) are 8’s. I bought these and some funky (read … More Shiny new shoes!

03/10/2009Originally uploaded by steveslaw Here is Scoot – proudly wearing his home made card/hat from Droid and Diana. This was in a cool little bar underneath Tower Bridge on the south side of the river – a cool little venue though I would guess it gets very busy in the early evening. Any way – … More Happy Birthdaty Scoot!

28/09/2009Originally uploaded by steveslaw If you’ve never been to Lulworth Cove – you just have to go. its absolutely Fantastic. This picture is of ‘Durdle Door’ – which is just a short walk from Lulworth Cove and where we camped. We were lucky as the weather was fantastic (considering it was September) as you can … More A weekend camping in Lulworth Cove

So the blisters set me back a little. Annoyingly. However, I did make it back into running at the weekend and on Saturday 3rd I did 10K round Brockwell Park. Alas no Garmin tacker this time as I left it round Kate’s house, but I timed it using my watch the details are: 10k (3 … More Another week off – but only 3 weeks to go!

24/09/2009Originally uploaded by steveslaw blisters suck. Plasters dont help! So in planning my 3 day challenge I had forgotten that I was working in Croydon today – which means a 5 mile ride there and back but, Hell, I wasn’t going to let that stop me though! So I got home, stuck some padded plasters … More A tatical withdrawl..

23/09/2009Originally uploaded by steveslaw 10k, 1hour 3 minutes, 900 Calories. 3 Laps of Brockwell Park. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/14138249 Well, day two of the 3 day, 10k a day challenge and what a challenge it was! From the first lap my legs where tired but I pushed on through that – there was no way I was quitting … More And the blisters start!

That’s the plan for this week – 3 consecutive days, 3 10k runs. Today: 10k, 1hr 4 minutes, 1030 calories. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/13943054 I must admit, I’m not finding it hard to run 10k now, but I’m not finding it easy either. I think 10k is proving to be what 1 lap was for me a few … More Three consecutive runs…

2 laps, 6.5KM, 700 calories. So I was hoping for 3 laps again today – and learning from yesterdays rumbling stomach I had a large lunch and 2 bananas and a bit of chocolate before today’s run – good prep I thought. However, my legs had been aching all day as after all, I hadn’t … More Thighs of LEAD..

in Brief: 9.5KM, 1 hours 4 minutes, 1000 calories. Now considering I hadn’t run since the 6th I don’t think that’s too bad going! I set myself the challenge of running 3 or 4 laps of the park and did three and it felt good. Had I eaten a little more prior to going, and … More 3 Laps of Brockwell Park!