Ramblings of Doug

My first run of 2018 in numbers: Distance  - 3.1miles Pace - 8:46mins/mile Calories  - 445 Other runners - 3 Creaky ankles - 2 With ...

Taken last Saturday on a longer 7 mile run I am quite enjoying this "running every day in December" lark although I must conf...

As my family are away for the weekend, yesterday's canal run had a few possibilities.  For one I decided to run a different part of the ...

Yesterday was my latest canal run and although it was hard, I loved it.  Here's the run in numbers: Miles 8.9 Average pace 9.08/mile ...

I thought it timely be useful to write a little update on running and cycling these days. Here goes... Cycling Right now my cyclin...

A few days ago we had the Spring Bank holiday and, to cut a long story short, I decided I would run an old route.  I drove over there an...

After-work run at Preston, Herts Today I ran up my 1000th mile this year -yipee!  Here it is in numbers: Number of runs: 170 Shorte...

Never enough Portaloos! Here's my race report from the truly excellent Ridgeway Run on 11th October 2015.  As usual race HQ is at th...

The start of Charlton Road, from Hitchin   Charlton Road is just outside Hitchin, Hertfordshire.  This is all "very Hertfordshire...

We've been to Yorkshire!  Only for a couple of days while my eldest daughter took a look at York University.  We decided to camp at t...

Last Saturday evening I went for an amazing run with so many fantastic ingredients and yet it has thrown up a question: sometimes running is...

Harry, myself, Andrew After my last attempt at running up Bison Hill, I couldn't resist another go as I was determined to improve m...

Okay, this has to be the most awful, cheesiest photo on this blog.  Nevertheless it was kind of a passer-by to quickly do this for me.  A...

A Recovery Run is a good step to take after a major run, such as a marathon and one which I had been longing for all week. The purpose of ...

With the MK Marathon looming on 4th May, I should be well into an injury-free period of tapering.  Things are not going to plan and this is ...

Yesterday my long run went according to someone else's plan and not my own.  It turned out to be the most enjoyable, hard, thought pr...

Well, well, well would you believe I am behind with my training, yet again.  Nevertheless I'm looking on the bright side and hoping it...