Preparations for this one were far from ideal. After a great month of running in August, expectations of achieving a good time in my first half marathon for a year were soaring, but that all dissipated when I came to a grinding halt in September. That, and a jet-lag inducing trip to Boston for the week […]
Posts Tagged ‘Great Scottish Run’
Great Scottish Run, 4 Oct 2015 – Race Report
Posted: 5th October 2015 by mockjogger in Race reportsTags: Calf Strain, Great Scottish Run, Half Marathon, Jetlag
When Will I Fucking Learn?
Posted: 26th September 2015 by mockjogger in Medical, Race PreparationTags: Calf Strain, Great Scottish Run, Idiot, Injury, Running Injured
August was sensational. Back in training, big style. 142 miles on the clock, my biggest month ever. Times coming down to within sprinting distance of my 2014 highs. I beat Arnold Schwarzenegger to it, I was well and truly back. Then, on a routine 10k during Friday lunchtime, I felt my left calf getting a […]
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Great Scottish Run, 6 Oct 2013 – Race Report
Posted: 8th October 2013 by mockjogger in Race reportsTags: Glasgow, Great Scottish Run, Half Marathon, Running Injured
An early entrant in my race calendar, the Great Scottish Run was a race I had been looking forward to for a long time. 12,000 people, a city route, crowds yelling support and live TV coverage capturing the whole thing. That, and I was lining up alongside Haile Gebrselassie. It was going to be like […]
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A Right Pain in the .. Hip
Posted: 23rd September 2013 by mockjogger in MedicalTags: DNS, Great Scottish Run, ITBS
This post was supposed to be a report of the Scottish Gas 10K race on 22nd September. Instead, I recorded by first DNS (did not start). Here’s why. Near the end of a 7 mile training run on Friday 13th (seriously) I ran across a road to enter The Meadows, a park in the middle […]
