Under cover of darkness, I go out barefoot and jog around the block, just to see. Only it isn’t about seeing, it’s about feeling! The pavements feel smooth, cold, wet. Leaves are falling from the trees, and are a light, barely-present tickle against my feet. Some kind of seed pod is scattered all over the ground, [...]
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A Blog Worth Checking Out
This is the most amazing post yet, from a truly amazing blog – check it out:
http://ryanrunseurope.blogspot.com/2009/07/days-47-48.html
This guy is an inspiration.
Image by Ryan, go check out the link for more.
Short Trails & The Injured Runner
Injury has given me a new perspective on getting out into the great outdoors.
It used to be that anything less than 3 miles wasn’t really worth getting out of bed for.
What’d be the point of doing such a short distance? However, currently 3 miles is about 1½ miles too far to walk, and I can [...]
4 People NOT To Speak To When You’ve Got A Running Injury
A few days ago I posted about all the lovely, useful people there are in the world who are really good to talk to when you’ve got a running injury. Today, I redress the balance with the people best avoided.
1. GP.
It’s a terrible thing to say, but I’ve never actually had much joy with [...]
5 People To Speak To When You’ve Got A Running Injury
After 6 months phaffing around with this stupid ankle injury of mine, that seems to encompass: achilles tendonitis, bursae inflammation, over-pronation, over-tight calfs, and messed-up biomechanics generally, I’ve now got a lot of experience when it comes to talking about injuries. Friends and family tend to get bored silly very quickly. Here’s a few suggestions [...]
Running Gems: Trail Run in the Highlands
It’s all just too glorious. My ankle is actually still out of action (still!!!!), but I’m making sure I get out there in some form or another. This track goes for miles. Life doesn’t get any better.
5 Amazing Places to Run in Australia
Right, let’s just imagine for a moment, that you’re taking some time out. Getting away from it all. You want to run, and you want it to be amazing. Here’s 5 random places in Australia that, if strung together, make for a tremendous trip.
(Most of these routes are mostly off road, so no traffic, and [...]
Biking In The Mist
The ankle has gone again. Goddamit, I was just building up to half-decent mileage again, getting excited about the spring and summer ahead, trail-running in the hills day after day… When boom! Something in my ankle goes and tears and screams and stops me in my tracks. This was originally meant to be a blog [...]
Do We Sabotage Our Own Dreams?
I came back from my travels last year, excited. I’d had a glorious year of running and travel – a combination that rocked my world. I couldn’t wait to get stuck in to doing more of the same in my home country. Have you seen what Scotland looks like?! We may not get the weather, [...]
Running Gems: Spring Has Sprung
Spring has arrived, and this morning’s run was colourful. As the sun was rising, the sky blushed a rosy pink… Bright yellow daffodil heads beamed and nodded at me as I passed… The turquoise dart of a kingfisher zipped by me, on its mega-fast way upstream. Dew drops glint silver and shimmer on the washing [...]
