5 Below

My last post was mainly about how my lungs had packed in on me in the cold and since February I have been to the doctor’s several times and I now have inhalers to control asthma. I have suspected most of my life I had asthma. My training is well back on track and I [...]

This evening I went out for my weekly  jog and hit the old problem of my lungs and cold weather. On the first 1.2km lap that we do my lungs just “flared up”. I am not sure how to decribe what happens so “flared up” will have to do.   I will try and do some [...]

This blog has seemed dead for over a year, however it was just resting. It has been given a nicer theme and the default image seems very fitting.
This year I did no preparation for the 10k races that I entered, also I did not get any weight loss going at the start of the year. [...]

I got out for two sessions over the weekend. I am still mainly walking but I have changed to finding routes with some incline on them so that I can run up hill and get more out of the exercise.
I realize that I have problems with motivation when I am out running. I just don’t [...]

It was a warm afternoon today and I had a good run. I covered 2.4km again but this time it was a lot more comfortable and my legs and lungs recovered very quickly after I stopped. If I get the chance to get out again tomorrow then I will make a serious attempt at a [...]

My second run of the week went well. I completed two circuits of Maxwell Park without stopping so I can more or less comfortably run 2.4km. My best continuous run last year was about 4.5km during the Clydebank 10K.

Today after work I got my ass in gear and went for a jog. I set myself the target of completing a circuit of Maxwell Park, map below, at a steady pace without stopping and I managed it. I am concious that when I start running I usually start at too fast a pace [...]

Well I did get out, not a run but I did walk almost 10K. If I had remembered the route I had planed correctly I would have done a full 10K. At least I have started some training.

The New Year has rolled around and my last post here was in October After that post things did not get better and I ended up on antibiotics for a couple of weeks, however the toe is now well healed.
I plan to do a few light training runs in the coming weeks, [...]

I had hoped to do some walking if not running in the past week, however the problem with my toe has returned. The cut seemed to have healed and was fine for several weeks but I managed to knock it and it started bleeding again. This time I didn’t want too use plasters on it [...]