Day 7 A quickie to qualify

Spent the day in Cambridge with Mrs. Ed.  We were both desperate to spend our Christmas present vouchers but neither of us could find what we wanted.  We went to see The Artist which was a very moving, clever and touching silent film.  I am sure it will be towards the top of many polls at the end of 2012.

In the end we got home at 7pm and I went out for a quick run just to qualify for Janathon.  I ran just under 4km (3.99 km according to the Nike+ ipod).

Day 6 Cambridge run

Once again I failed to run in the morning as planed so I took my running gear with me and after my appointment in Cambridge I cheekily asked "Can I change in a spare classroom"? and then went for a 5k run on the outskirts of Cambridge city centre.   By chance I was listening to punk rock again on the ipod (Misfits) which I couldn't help but run fast to.  The end result was falling asleep on the sofa before 9pm.

Day 5 Freedom and The Dammed

Finally got to run outside today during lunch hour.  One of my favourite lunch times runs around Iffley lock in Oxford.  A nice 30 minutes even though I did get caught in the rain again.  For the last few weeks I have been listening to the first five Dammed albums.  While I do really like some of their songs I think they are a group to be admired rather than one of my favourites.  However, I do find the punk rock has the perfect beat for a mid-tempo race.

Tomorrow will have to be a morning running as I am driving over to Cambridge for work and back and I won't have time to run in the evening.

Day 4 Return of the Treadmill

It was optimistic to set my alarm for 5 am.  The previous day I was pumped up from running and thought anything was possible.  I re-set my alarm and went back to bed.  Today’s run was pretty similar to yesterday’s.  I went to the gym and ran 5k+ on the treadmill but a bit faster.  My legs are feeling the punishment of running four days straight, especially as the last two have been quite fast.  I hope the storms will disappear so I can get on with running outside again.

Day 3 The Treadmill

Run before work, too dark, after work too dark, lunch time not with today's storm.  So I went to my local gym and ran 5km on the treadmill.  Sort of defeats the purpose of running, which for me is to get outside.  However, it is great to set a speed and then keep to it for faster, shorter runs.  The plan for tomorrow is to get up at 5am and run before work.

Day 2 What a difference a day makes!

When ever I go back to my home town of Bognor I always like to run along the sea front (as I did in the rain yesterday).  For me running along the sea front at Bognor is for me one of the only pluses about the place.  Although cold and still very windy, it was a perfect running day with blue sky and clean fresh air.  Despite the nice running conditions yesterday's run was 3 minutes faster along exactly the same course!

PS The photo makes it look much nice than it really is.

Day 1 Janathon

Day 1 of Janathon was a run along Bognor sea front.  True a lot warmer than the sub zero temperature of last years Janathon's first day in Copenhagen but still an awful start.  The wind was behind me while running out so I knew it would be a struggle when heading back but then the rain started.  I couldn't have got anymore wet if I had of jumped in the sea.  According to the Nike+ ipod it was an 8.33 km run with the loss of 556 calories.  I may try the same run tomorrow as I like the sea air when running and will return to Oxfordshire tomorrow afternoon.  Photos to follow.