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Mile-O-Meter

Week	Type	Total Miles

This Week	Running	0
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

Last Week	Running	0
	Cycling	0
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06 May - 12 May	Running	0
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

29 Apr - 05 May	Running	0
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

22 Apr - 28 Apr	Running	0
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

15 Apr - 21 Apr	Running	8.3
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

08 Apr - 14 Apr	Running	6
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

01 Apr - 07 Apr	Running	14
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

Additional Information

Biography:
Desk jockey at Trelleborg Forsheda in Bakewell

Location:
Peak District

Interests:
Running, cycling, swimming,rugby union.

5k Personal Best:
0:22:55

10k Personal Best:
0.46:18

10 Mile Personal Best:
1:17:16

Half Marathon Personal Best:
1h:42mm:49ss

Marathon Personal Best:
04:08:31

Sex:
Male

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January 2010 (34 entries)

Blog Entries For October 2010

Training Session Sunday 31st October 2010, 06:23

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Raining
Type Of Session	Running - Long Run	Route	New Guides
Surface	Road	Duration	1h 00m 00s
Distance	7 Miles

Ran with Jane along the front from Carnforth to Morecambe and back............she kept getting a stitch so bit slow.............

Training Session Thursday 28th October 2010, 16:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route	New Guides
Surface	Trail	Duration	26m 38s
Distance	3 Miles

Plod home feeling abit tired after the hills of the lunchtime run...........

Training Session Thursday 28th October 2010, 12:00

How I Felt	Good	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Hill Work	Route	Mizunos
Surface	Road	Duration	37m 36s
Distance	4.33 Miles

Up the golf course hill and round to Pilsworth and back to Bakewell. Tough hills but I did the golf course hill in 10.39 so gettting stronger.

Training Session Thursday 28th October 2010, 07:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Tempo Run	Route	New Guides
Surface	Trail	Duration	25m 24s
Distance	3 Miles

Ran in to work with Jane quite quick mile splits for her and me too this morning.

8.38-8.27-8.21
Trying to persuade her to do a half with me!!!

Training Session Wednesday 27th October 2010, 12:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Hot And Sunny
Type Of Session	Running - Hill Work	Route	Mizunos
Surface	Road	Duration	27m 07s
Distance	3 Miles

Up by the golf course.......that hurts..........sunny day now......warm..........

Training Session Wednesday 27th October 2010, 07:00

How I Felt	Tired	Weather	Windy
Type Of Session	Running - Easy Run	Route	New Guides
Surface	Trail	Duration	32m 28s
Distance	3.75 Miles

Stagger to work, feeling abit tired and heavy legged.........push on.........

Training Session Tuesday 26th October 2010, 16:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Raining
Type Of Session	Running - Hill Work	Route	New Guides
Surface	Road	Duration	25m 00s
Distance	3 Miles

Ran up to Monsal Head and back and round the village..........trying to hit some hills at least once a week.

Training Session Tuesday 26th October 2010, 07:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Windy
Type Of Session	Running - Intervals	Route	New Guides
Surface	Trail	Duration	21m 28s
Distance	2.65 Miles

Raining and windy.....feeling good after Sunday.......improvements on the way hopefully.
Hip abit sore.....

Race Sunday 24th October 2010, 08:00

How I Felt	Good	Weather	Fair
Surface	Road	Duration	1h 49m 44s
Distance	13.1 Miles

PB again at Birmingham. Bootiful sunny day. Ran really well until mile 11 when the slight inclines slowed me down. Good consistent running.

Training Session Tuesday 19th October 2010, 06:45

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Raining
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route	New Guides
Surface	Mixed	Duration	36m 28s
Distance	4.2 Miles

Wet this morning, sort of recovery run after the half on Saturday morning but felt quite good.......rucksack ont he back.

Training Session Saturday 16th October 2010, 06:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Long Run	Route	New Guides
Surface	Mixed	Duration	1h 55m 49s
Distance	13.1 Miles

Half marathon run.,......PB 9.46-8.51-8.45-8.33-9.16-8.38-8.39-8.56-8.41-9.05-8.45-8.27-8.35 48.95 seconds for last tenth..............dead chuffed!!!!!!!!!!!! Really good lost about half a minute opening gels and trying to suck em down.............

Training Session Thursday 14th October 2010, 15:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route	New Guides
Surface	Trail	Duration	26m 46s
Distance	3.1 Miles

Plod home....full of cold.

Training Session Thursday 14th October 2010, 06:40

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Tempo Run	Route	New Guides
Surface	Trail	Duration	35m 24s
Distance	4.13 Miles

New trainers this morning, rucksack on and headed to work.
9.17-8.21-8.10-8.28.....full of a cold thought which doesn't help.

Training Session Monday 11th October 2010, 16:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Windy
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route	ProGrid 3s
Surface	Trail	Duration	29m 23s
Distance	3.41 Miles

Little jog home, lovely sunny evening but abit windy.............

Training Session Monday 11th October 2010, 06:25

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Easy Run	Route	ProGrid 3s
Surface	Mixed	Duration	1h 02m 36s
Distance	7 Miles

Slow plod as never made it out on Sunday...........family stuff.............
9.43-9.36-9.24-8.55-8.46-8.38-8.54
Sore calf muscle after last weeks pull.......... always something.........

Training Session Thursday 7th October 2010, 11:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Tempo Run	Route	ProGrid 3s
Surface	Road	Duration	41m 50s
Distance	5.02 Miles

Up to the top of the trail. Lovely day. Still running too fast for half marathon pace in order to last the distance and get under two hours.
8.39-8.38-8.30-8.06-7.58. Couldn't keep this speed up for 13 miles so need to get down to 8.50 and try and stay around that distance.

Training Session Tuesday 5th October 2010, 12:00

How I Felt	Injured	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Intervals	Route	ProGrid 3s
Surface	Road	Duration	46m 00s
Distance	5 Miles

blister and calf strain.........

Training Session Sunday 3rd October 2010, 15:00

How I Felt	Flying	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Tempo Run	Route	Mudclaws
Surface	Trail	Duration	1h 06m 00s
Distance	8.02 Miles

Great run but got a blister on the left heel due to wearing the mudclaws which I had not run in since the Lake District. Need another pair of socks on the left foot as my foot was sliding about in them.