There's something to be said for blissful ignorance. There I was at my third appointment since getting back from my holiday, patiently allowing my physio to crank up the voltage on the electrotherapy machine. I even resisted the urge to yell out 'it's aliiiive!' when the pulses of power through my shin started making my foot … Continue reading I Wish I Hadn’t Asked….
Today I woke up at 12pm, because I hadn't set an alarm. It's Long Run Sunday. Gosh, this hasn't happened for a while. Since coming back from San Francisco I've had two physio sessions and a meeting with my coach. My physio has been allowing me to go with my self-diagnosis of 'calf strain and … Continue reading New York, New York – Not Gonna Be A Part of It
San Francisco has only one drawback - 'tis hard to leave. Rudyard Kipling Yeah. That's about the size of it. Well, we're back from San Francisco. It was a bit of a shock stepping out into a cold, wet and miserable London yesterday. The nights are drawing in here and all the shops put up … Continue reading The San Francisco Chronicles 4 – The Only Drawback
I left my heart in San Francisco. High on a hill it calls to me to be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars! Sometimes running is about knowing when not to run. For our second weekend in the Bay Area, Mr Duff and I had signed up for the Healdsburg Half Marathon. … Continue reading San Francisco Chronicles 3 – Wine Country DNS
The other reason we flew out on a Friday, and also the reason we were both taking it easy at parkrun, was because on Sunday we were due to run the Bridge to Bridge 5k from the Ferry Building to the Marina. Again, I had missed out on this race two years ago because of … Continue reading San Francisco Chronicles Part 2 – Bridge to Bridge 5k
“Born and raised in San Francisco, the Pride of the Bear Flag state My heart knows it’s coming home, when I cross the Golden Gate” Well, not quite ‘born and raised in San Francisco’, but the rest of this quote holds true. When we met, one of the things Mr. Duff and I found we … Continue reading San Francisco Chronicles Part 1 – Parkrun!
We both knew this day was coming. You'll think it sounds trite, but it's not you, it's me. We've had an amazing run together - countless amazing runs in fact. Well, not countless. You counted them. But you no longer synch with my foot pod, and I miss knowing my cadence. You refuse to upload … Continue reading To My Garmin, With Love
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