Sneachta is my favourite word in the Irish Language. It is pronounced snot-chtha and means snow. Today was our first snow fall of the winter here in the west of Ireland but the snow fell last night and this morning was clean and crisp and clear. A lovely day for a run. I love running… Read More Sneachta
As regular readers (hello you!) will know, I am currently on a quest to get faster over 10k. Recently this has meant that I am running shorter, faster distances. A 7.2k Sunday run at a tempo pace resulted in an unexpected bonus – I got a 5k PB! I knocked 35 seconds off my previous… Read More A Personal Best, Doing a Justin and a Treadmill
I have had a great week. 4 runs, all designed to build speed and because these are only short runs, the longest being 5k, it has left me with the time and energy to do some quality cross training. This has included aquaerobics (made up mostly of HIIT sessions!), strength training and a fast walk… Read More Gold Stars, Running Police and The Crazy World of Strength Training for Runners
Today was my first run after the 10k Women’s Mini Marathon on Monday. For the last 3 months my running has been all about increasing my distance and I have not been worried about my speed too much. I just wanted to be able to run 10k non-stop. I am taking part in a local… Read More Junethon Day 4. Tempo Run. Sort of
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