Slight departure from the usual today; I discovered a basic recipe a while ago for flapjacks which had lots of nuts and seeds in them, and have since adapted it with different dried fruits to change the flavour a bit. I've made these loads of times recently and they always go down well, and I've … Continue reading Flapjack Power – Running Recipe
Where were we? Oh yes, the first damn bridge. The course profile for the New York City Marathon looks, shall we say, rather undulating. The marathon course runs through all five boroughs of New York and the first of the significant undulations on the profile was the first bridge, the Verrazano Narrows bridge which takes … Continue reading NYC Part 2 – Last Damn Bridge
New York, New York – it’s a hell of a town! I’d completely forgotten how much I like New York. I’d been once before about 12 years ago and loved it then, and there was loads more I wanted to see this time as well as the minor business of running the marathon… We arrived … Continue reading NYC Part 1 – A New York State of Mind
Well that's it. Training done, time for rest, hydration and hoping the weather plays ball. For various reasons I only had time to do one weekday run before heading into rest day territory. A friend suggested I just leave my Garmin at home and go for a free run, and this turned out to be … Continue reading Time to Just Start Running…
Running affords me valuable alone time. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy being with my friends and loved ones, but I have always been perfectly happy in my own company and do have a need for regular solitary headspace. Running is perfect for this; not just the actual running but the to and fro as … Continue reading Night Vision
"Why do we do this stupid sport? Why?!" This was me screaming at Mr. Duff yesterday afternoon, whilst lying on my yoga mat with a small spiky ball rammed into my backside. They don't tell you this about being a runner, not really. This constant business of MOT-ing your body. When you're signing up for … Continue reading (Spiky) Balls to It
As runners we’re well used to the expectation that our non-running friends will repeatedly suggest that running is bad for us. It must be bad for our knees, make us tired and dehydrated, why put yourself through it etc etc. When you find yourself in a conversation with the receptionist at the physio about how … Continue reading Vital Statistics – Running & Health
Ladies (and gentlemen if that's the way your cookie crumbles), this could be a short review. Because I flipping LOVE this bit of kit and have nothing even slightly negative to say about it. I started looking for a good running skirt a little while ago. I got a Kalenji one, but it was teeny … Continue reading Kit Review: WAA Ultra Skirt
“Und Berlin? Und die Mauer? Die Stadt wird leben, und die Mauer wird fallen.” “And Berlin? And the wall? The city will remain alive, and the wall is going to come down.” Willy Brandt Mr. Duff is on a mission to tick off the World Majors (the marathons in London, New York, Tokyo, Chicago, … Continue reading Tear Down These Walls
Isn't it funny how good ideas come to you when you run? I got an email this week to say that Duffrunning has been nominated for the 2018 Running Awards, following being shortlisted into the final 12 (out of about 80 blogs) this year. This is lovely and once again I'm dead chuffed! Apart from … Continue reading Greatest Hits – Running Awards 2018
