The Mad Runner
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Saturday, September 30, 2023

A Real Run

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It's been a week of building. I can still feel the achilles when I run but it's not painful, just sort of a little tight. I've s...
Monday, September 25, 2023

The Aches are Easing

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It has been a frustrating few weeks. I've been itching to get back out there but my left achilles is only now just about ready. I've...
Saturday, September 16, 2023

Marshalling Duties

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So, the weekend before last I was on duty at the Fan Brycheiniog race and today I was marshalling Bal Bach in the Black Mountains race. Weat...
Sunday, September 03, 2023

Another Year, Another Fan Brycheiniog

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Yes, it was that time of year again (yesterday) where I marshal the summit for the fell race of the same name. Maybe next year I'll find...
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...
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