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Tag Archives: steady
Wk21 – 5.1M Queens Park
I had a nice wee 2 rest days on Sunday Monday. Sunday was the usual, teach swimming etc and Monday was the bank holiday, so I decided it would be good to take a break from running and have a … Continue reading
Wk18 – 5M Pollock Park with Gill
Thursday morning and I’d arranged to meet Gill at 630 for a 5 mile run from Bellahouston. A good reason for me to get out of my bed! If you struggle getting out of bed in the morning for a … Continue reading
Wk18 – 5.1M Queens Park
Wednesday morning and I managed to drag my ass out of bed this morning for the first time this week for a run. I had good intentions of running on Monday and Tuesday morning, but decided bed was more appealing. … Continue reading
Posted in Routes, Run, Uncategorized
Tagged 5.1, 6:45, buses, fast, glasgow, miles, morning, queens park, run, steady
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Wk15 – This Road Runner is BACK!
I decided last night with the lovely weather and me being back to swimming teaching after 4 weeks off, that I’d get back to running on Monday morning. We’d done the 42 mile cycle on Saturday and my legs felt … Continue reading
Wk9 – 7.2M Speed with every even mile faster
After a long day at work on Wednesday (I didn’t go swimming at night as I had planned…work seemed to get in the way)…in the back of my mind I wasn’t really fancying a 7 mile speed session this morning… … Continue reading
Wk9 – 4.3M City Centre catch a pigeon…
Tuesday morning and the little Gremlins were up early today… I woke at 5:30 knowing that I had a run planned for the morning. A nice wee easy 4.3 miles on a new route through the city centre. 6:10 came … Continue reading
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Tagged buchanan street, easy, glasgow, miles, pigoens, run, sauchihall street, steady
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Wk7 – 9.59M with Gemma
Wednesday night run was a bit different than normal… my friend from Uni Gemma arranged that we go out for a 6 mile run after work. I met her at the BBC when it was still light and took her … Continue reading
Wk3 – 4M steady run
Wednesday night was meant to be a run then circuits…but I gave up after the run. :-O It was a good run, from the flat, around the bridges on the Clyde – up to Salt Market and back along the … Continue reading
Wk2 – 11.3M long run for marathon training
Saturday morning… it was dark, overcast and raining when I got up and got my running stuff on. I met Julie Ann at Bellahouston just after 9am and ran just over 5.5 miles out through Pollock Park and along the … Continue reading
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Tagged 11.27, 9 min miles, bellahouston, caffeine, comfortable, energy gels, hydration, julie ann, long, marathon, miles, park, pollock park, puddles, rain, run, steady, training, wet, wet feet
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Wk48 – Monday Gym, run & weights
Monday night, straight to the gym from work. I was going to do a warm up cycle 15-20 minutes, but when I went in all of the bikes were taken, so it was on the treadmill for me again. I … Continue reading


