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Corralejo Midday Run

RHM — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:28:49 +0000

So we took our running gear out to Fuerteventura but in the end only managed to do one run … at midday … in the heat and humidity. What do they say about mad dogs and Englishmen?

Wet and Windy

RHM — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:22:40 +0000

Just before Autumn arrived in Wigan, I ran my route again, made more difficult by the 50mph crosswind and the threat of rain. Here’s the fly-through:

In other news, Garmin have accepted my Forerunner 410 is faulty and it’s been sent back for exchange. We’ll see how long it takes…

Hot and Sweaty Run

RHM — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:09:19 +0000

I made the most of the last of the Indian Summer we’re enjoying at the moment to go for another run near the Premier Inn at Wigan (M6, J25). The first mile is uphill which means a bit of an effort to start off with.

Because my Garmin Forerunner 410 has decided it doesn’t want to work, I’ve had to switch to using iMapMyRun on my iPhone, but the benefit is Google Earth fly-through:

3 Mile Run at 7am on a Sunday Morning?

RHM — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 08:45:51 +0000

Am I mad?

iMapMyRUN: 2 Oct 2011 07:54 and more runs in Thorpe Saint Andrew, NO on MapMyRUN. Find run

4 Mile Thames Path Run

RHM — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:51:44 +0000

I decided that I should go for a quick run this afternoon to make up for a mahoosive meal at Nando’s in Epsom last night – we won’t mention the cake and jelly at IKEA Croydon {shudder} – and knowing that it’s pasta and partying tonight.

So I chose a nice and easy 2 mile jog. I felt fine a mile into the route so carried on, and the same after a mile and a half so I decided I’d head on to the 2 mile mark before turning back. Worked well, I think.

Dodging the Rain and Dusk

RHM — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:25:32 +0000

Just a short run tonight as I’m still very sore from the crash and because it was late, between rain storms and just before dusk. Those are my excuses anyway!

London Sky Ride

RHM — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:02:17 +0000

As part of my new fitness drive, I took part today in the London Sky Ride: a loop from Tower Bridge to St James’s Park and back plus the two miles or so each way along the Thames Path from my apartment to Tower Bridge. Here are the stats:

It was looking overcast when I left but by the time I reached Tower Bridge, it had started raining and by the time I was on the route itself it was lashing down. The route was still very busy indeed with many cyclists not being aware I was coming up behind them fairly swiftly despite the regular stops to allow pedestrians to cross. By the time I was halfway around the ‘course’, I was absolutely soaked to the skin and my canvas Adidas trainers were full of rainwater and squelching – eeyyoo!

Not quite sure how I managed speeds of 112.8mph – see charts – or a max. speed of 64.8mph – see summary – but the rest is pretty accurate!

On my way home, I had an ‘off’ on the now-slippery Thames Path, landing heavily on my bad shoulder and also banging my head on the block paviors. Maybe a bike helmet might be a good idea after all? I crashed with sufficient force to buckle the front rim too, so I’ll need to get that fixed soon too.

6% Chance of Dying

RHM — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:13:01 +0000

So today I had my check-up at the doctor’s surgery. It turns out that I’d lost two kilos and 1cm around my muffin-top since my last visit, my BP was down to a better 128/78 and everything else was OK apart from my cholesterol which was reading 5.2 which is actual below the average UK level for men.

When all the stuff is put into a calculator, it means that in the next 10 years, I have a 6% chance of dying from a heart attack or stroke. Or put another way, a 94% chance I won’t.

Which is nice.

So, more vegetable soup for the next two days and repeat again (hopefully not ad nauseum…).