Sunny but very cold this morning. Got up, went running, ipod ran out, I cursed, asked myself WHY am I doing this again? Made it home, chalked up another 5.5 miles to the marathon prep...!
Ran: 5.68 miles
Time: 54 mins 59 seconds
Calories: 664
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Boshing Out The Miles
10 March, 2009
Sunny but very cold this morning. Got up, went running, ipod ran out, I cursed, asked myself WHY am I doing this again? Made it home, chalked up another 5.5 miles to the marathon prep...!
Ran: 5.68 miles
Time: 54 mins 59 seconds
Calories: 664
Sunny but very cold this morning. Got up, went running, ipod ran out, I cursed, asked myself WHY am I doing this again? Made it home, chalked up another 5.5 miles to the marathon prep...!
Ran: 5.68 miles
Time: 54 mins 59 seconds
Calories: 664
Monday, 22 February 2010
A Paris et cinq miles
20th February, 2010
The weekend: partly perfect, partly annoying.
Late return from work trip to Dublin cancelled out Friday night plans. A very happy and very sunny day trip to Paris on Saturday involved a lot of wine, cheese and cocktails. Planned to return in a few weeks for the Turner exhibition which has just opened and runs until May 24th.
Sunday was a lazy day of paper reading and cinema going. I managed to cram in a 5-mile run and was pleased not to have lost much of my fitness despite drastically reducing my running in recent weeks.
Ran: 5 miles
Time: 49 mins, 21 seconds
Calories burnt: 584 (two lumps of cheese)
The weekend: partly perfect, partly annoying.
Late return from work trip to Dublin cancelled out Friday night plans. A very happy and very sunny day trip to Paris on Saturday involved a lot of wine, cheese and cocktails. Planned to return in a few weeks for the Turner exhibition which has just opened and runs until May 24th.
Sunday was a lazy day of paper reading and cinema going. I managed to cram in a 5-mile run and was pleased not to have lost much of my fitness despite drastically reducing my running in recent weeks.
Ran: 5 miles
Time: 49 mins, 21 seconds
Calories burnt: 584 (two lumps of cheese)
Friday, 29 January 2010
First Run Of The New Year
Saturday 23 January, 2009
For the first time this year I woke up feeling like a run on a Saturday morning. I was taken by surprise because so far 2010's been sluggish and I've had to force myself out of the flat even to get the gym.
Not wanting to scare off the resurrection of my enthusiasm and concious that it could start to wane at any point, I dressed for running and made my way outside as quickly as possible. This took a while, since my running kit's been redundant for several months and was scattered about the flat and buried in different drawers.
I stuck to my normal route, down Avenue Louise to the Bois de la Cambre and around the pond, clocking up four easy miles. It's not the prettiest time of year in Brussels. Those who criticise the city for being grey should avoid visiting in mid-January, when it is cold, rainy and composed singularly of shades of grey.
The woods look stark and unwelcoming now the snow has melted. On the upside, all of the pathways have been redone and are fresh with yellow sand.
A restaurant has opened on the island in the middle of the man-made lake: Chalet Robinson, linked to the shore by an electrical raft which looks precarious... Apparently it was first built in 1877, but was destroyed by a fire in 1991. There's a Belgian restaurant on the ground floor - which I'd like to check out - and a ballroom on the first floor.
www.chaletrobinson.be
Ran: 4.1 miles
Time: 38 mins 45 seconds
Average pace: 9:40 per mile
Calories: 467
For the first time this year I woke up feeling like a run on a Saturday morning. I was taken by surprise because so far 2010's been sluggish and I've had to force myself out of the flat even to get the gym.
Not wanting to scare off the resurrection of my enthusiasm and concious that it could start to wane at any point, I dressed for running and made my way outside as quickly as possible. This took a while, since my running kit's been redundant for several months and was scattered about the flat and buried in different drawers.
I stuck to my normal route, down Avenue Louise to the Bois de la Cambre and around the pond, clocking up four easy miles. It's not the prettiest time of year in Brussels. Those who criticise the city for being grey should avoid visiting in mid-January, when it is cold, rainy and composed singularly of shades of grey.
The woods look stark and unwelcoming now the snow has melted. On the upside, all of the pathways have been redone and are fresh with yellow sand.
A restaurant has opened on the island in the middle of the man-made lake: Chalet Robinson, linked to the shore by an electrical raft which looks precarious... Apparently it was first built in 1877, but was destroyed by a fire in 1991. There's a Belgian restaurant on the ground floor - which I'd like to check out - and a ballroom on the first floor.
www.chaletrobinson.be
Ran: 4.1 miles
Time: 38 mins 45 seconds
Average pace: 9:40 per mile
Calories: 467
Monday, 15 June 2009
Bois de la Cambre, Bruxelles
14th June 2009
The Bois de la Cambre or Ter Kamerenbos in Dutch is a massive park on the south of the city, near my flat. Built in 1861, the 300-acre park is great for running, biking, picnicing or rollerblading.
I enjoyed a great run here on Saturday morning in fantastic weather but I also got the sense I am plateauing in my training - all my runs seem to be the same length and roughly at the same pace. Resolved to tackle this: will blog more later.
There is a beautiful photo of the park here on a blog which - sadly - doesn't look that up to date but has some great shots of the city.
Ran: 4.4 miles
The Bois de la Cambre or Ter Kamerenbos in Dutch is a massive park on the south of the city, near my flat. Built in 1861, the 300-acre park is great for running, biking, picnicing or rollerblading.
I enjoyed a great run here on Saturday morning in fantastic weather but I also got the sense I am plateauing in my training - all my runs seem to be the same length and roughly at the same pace. Resolved to tackle this: will blog more later.
There is a beautiful photo of the park here on a blog which - sadly - doesn't look that up to date but has some great shots of the city.
Ran: 4.4 miles
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