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Tag Archives: 4.3
Wk47 – 4.3M Maxwell Park
Boy – it was hard getting up to go for a run this morning! I’d woken at half 4, and hadn’t managed to get back to sleep, and by the time the alarm went off at 6am, getting up for … Continue reading
Wk28 – 4.35M Run then Insanity Day 4
I was really looking forward to my run outside after work on Monday night. It would be my first run outside for about 3 weeks. I’ve been building up slowly (from 10 minutes up to 30 minutes on the treadmill) … Continue reading
Wk22 – 4.3M Maxwell Park
Fridays are usually my ‘rest days’, and boy could I have done with the rest this morning. After last nights 12 mile hill run where the first 6 miles of flat were 8:00 minute miles and the next 6 miles … Continue reading
Wk17 – 4.3M Maxwell Park pb!
After spending the whole of Sunday in the garden, and having only done 2 runs last week due to days off work and the long cycle on Friday I was itching for a run. Sunday was a beautiful sunny day, … Continue reading
Wk16 – 4.3M morning run
Having spent 6 hours working in the garden yesterday… a workout I am definately not used to… I was in two minds as to whether I should go for a run this morning or not. I had sore feet from … Continue reading
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Tagged 4.3, gardening, glasgow, maxwell park, miles, morning, ouch, rats, run, sore muscles, training
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Wk11 – 4.3M Maxwell Park run
Wednesday morning. I took a rest day on Monday and didn’t do an early morning easy run on Tuesday morning so I decided I would definately do it on Wednesday morning. My usual 4.3 mile route up to Maxwell Park … Continue reading
Wk6 – 4.3M Maxwell Park steady run
Tuesday morning and I managed to get out of bed for just after half 6am. Because I swam later than normal, and had my dinner later than normal, I stayed up a little later than normal on Monday night. I … Continue reading
Wk5 – 4.3M Maxwell Park run wi Jackie
I went on a nice wee run with Jackie Tuesday morning. It was the only day she could do, so I moved the run from Monday morning to Tuesday. She came along at just before 630 and I gave her … Continue reading
Wk3 – 4.3M run (early)
Monday morning of Week 3 and I’d had a crap sleep the night before… I woke just before 4am and couldn’t get back to sleep so I got up and surfed the internet to take my mind off not sleeping. … Continue reading
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Tagged 4.3, 7:42, cold, dark, fast, maxwell park, miles, run, streetlights, tempo
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Wk2 – Monday morning run
Monday morning, Week 2 of training for the marathon. 7k on a treadmill was the plan. It was meant to be an ‘easy’ run, so it should have been between 10 – 11 kph for me. I met a parent … Continue reading


