The Mad Runner
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Saturday, August 26, 2023

A Bit Up and Down

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The week started okay with a good set of 800's on Tuesday and a solid Duathlon, which was somewhat spoilt by an intermittent drop-out du...
Saturday, August 19, 2023

The First Pound is the Heaviest

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Well, actually, the first kilogram. Which is even better. Yes, the first kilogram has left the building. A few more still required to exit s...
Sunday, August 13, 2023

Bit of a Recovery Week

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It's been an easier week. It didn't start off that way as I put in a really good set of six 1-kilometre reps off a 200m recovery on ...
Sunday, August 06, 2023

Top of Leaderboard...

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I finally claimed my first Strava Segment of the Running Reboot 2.0 and in fact, my first for what must be over a decade. It was only a loca...
Saturday, August 05, 2023

Not Gonna Lie...

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I went for it... but in a controlled manner. Based on my training. All very scientific... Anyway, despite a strong week's training, I fe...
Wednesday, August 02, 2023

Early Days in the Zwift Duathlon Series but....

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...the signs are promising. Last season I was sitting somewhere in the top 50 to 55% (age cat) for the Zwift Duathlon races. Can it really b...
Monday, July 31, 2023

Bottled It

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So last week ended up being my highest mileage run week so far (read, 'of the comeback') and I almost made the month's 7500m asc...
Saturday, July 29, 2023

Moving on Up...

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... The Zwift categories. So, I didn't realise I've moved up a Zwift power category. Last year I was down to a D (lowest) from C, wh...
Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Time to Drop Some Pounds...

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...and I'm not talking cash. Since last year I have had my appetite back and I've eaten well. Too well and now I am packing... packi...
Sunday, July 16, 2023

I Am Officially Out of Retirement...

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Fell running retirement, with the completion of my first fell race since my return. The Waun Fach fell race, 10.6km with in the region of 65...
Friday, July 14, 2023

Made It to the Line on Time

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And I made it inside my target time of 50 minutes as well. I didn't go into it off the back of my finest couple of weeks training, what ...
Friday, July 07, 2023

Missing the Proper Running....

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But I'm almost ready to return to it. And not a minute too soon. I have managed a few sessions on the treadmill this week but it's o...
Sunday, July 02, 2023

Virtually Made it to the Top...

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The Ven-Top. Zwift's answer to the epic Mont Ventoux KOM climb. It has a categorisation of HC - which should stand for hard-core but is ...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Curious Incident of the Mouse in the Nighttime

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My foot is feeling much better, but I can still feel the pain point in the midsole area. Unsurprisingly, I have not ventured back to the tre...
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