Tag: running

  • Automated twitter compilation up to 18 January 2015

    Arbitrary tweets made by TheGingerDog up to 18 January 2015

  • Some good news

    This morning I ran 3 miles. This is good. I can now run again. Stupid Achilles tendon appears to be fixed again. I’ve felt like a fat slob over the last 11-12 weeks, missed a marathon and rediscovered cycling. Lesson learnt: Next time my Achilles tendon goes (as no doubt it will knowing my luck), carve it out with…

  • August 2010

    I would start with saying that not a huge amount happened in August… but then having thought about it, I’d be lying. My right ankle is still in a state of disrepair – after hurting my achilles tendon … so no running, and I’m feeling fat / unfit as a result. I have got my…

  • My First Marathon

    But will it be my last? To detail it here – hopefully instead of telling everyone the same thing – and to remind myself next year… here’s how it went. We arrived in Stratford for the Shakespeare marathon at about 8:45am, changed, herded toddlers and children towards the start and did the toilet ritual. The…

  • Running routes

    I’ve used http://www.favoriterun.com for years now (See e.g. http://favoriterun.com/account/public_user_profile/5369 ). However, today Chris pointed me at http://gb.mapometer.com/en – which does a far better job of plotting routes (e.g. auto-follow road; calorie guess-timation etc). Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to allow the public to see who plotted a route – or see any other information about a…