Recent events have caused me to augment my default selection of training routes. It started when I signed up for the Seven Hills of Edinburgh race. After the Rock’n’Roll Edinburgh Half Marathon was cancelled, I had been looking for another race to fill the void. Initially I dismissed the Seven Hills race as an option […]
Archive for July, 2014
I’m So Hilly Right Now I May Even Buy Fell Shoes
Posted: 29th July 2014 by mockjogger in Equipment, Training RunsTags: Hill Running, Hills, Progress, Trail Running
Dundee Half Marathon (Half DRAM), 20 Jul 2014 – Race Report
Posted: 21st July 2014 by mockjogger in Race reportsTags: Half Marathon, Heat, Mental, Progress, Repeat Races
Ah, Dundee. City of Discovery. This would be the first time I had run the same race a second time, after clocking a PB (at the time) last year. Arriving at Camperdown Park the feeling of deja vu was strong as I walked, with all the experience of one who knows, past the queues waiting for […]
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Stonehaven Half Marathon, 6 Jul 2014 – Race Report
Posted: 7th July 2014 by mockjogger in Race reportsTags: Flies, Half Marathon, Headphones in Races, Heat, Hills, PB
I drove from Edinburgh to Stonehaven in the morning, parked in the leisure centre car park and strolled across a field to the rugby pavilion where the race would start and end. Putting two fingers up to the midweek BBC weather forecast, the start area was bathed in bright sunshine with just enough of a […]
