Everyone's an amateur astronomer!
Astronomy is suddenly cool, it seems! This morning one colleague came in and said, "I saw Mars last night!" Another said, "I saw Mars this morning, and possibly Venus too!" I said, "I think i might...
View ArticleStill running
I am now into Week 4 of Couch-to-5K and it was the hardest challenge yet. Every run up until now has only included 8 minutes of running, the rest walking. The runs have been spaced out differently to...
View ArticleOCD
My slightly OCD tendencies seem to become more apparent when i am running. Once upon a time i invented an idea that going upstairs i had to start with my right foot, and going down i had to start with...
View ArticleHolidays!
Heheh, it felt like Christmas Eve at work today. Most of us are away next week, so it was a very laid back atmosphere. We were meant to be hammering a test system and i kept logging quotes from...
View ArticleRunning news
I have continued my running over the Christmas break, including one three-mile route in Kent. On Friday night i had my first 20-minute non-stop run. I was quite nervous leading up to it, but you know...
View ArticleFit, healthy and happy
I feel like a Life Review is in order. But i'll keep it short. [Edit] no i didn't! It's kinda long! Couch-to-5K is absolutely the best thing that has happened for me in a long time. I have made a...
View Article28-minute run
I am on Week 8 of Couch-to-5K. Tonight's run was 28 minutes … not a great challenge really, though i know i wouldn't have wanted to do it a few weeks ago! At the end of the run i did a SUPER-fast...
View ArticleI love weekends!
Thank goodness it is the weekend. I feel so tired, really taking it easy this weekend. I got up at 7am to run. I was naughty though: i didn't manage the full 28 minutes (although in my defence, i did...
View ArticleCT5K – what next?
The time has come when i must decide what, if anything, i am going to do after Couch-to-5K. To be quite honest, i am now bored of running around Winchester. I did 30 minutes tonight and it wasn't...
View ArticleSport Relief
Aha! I have a solution to what to do next after CT5K: Nye has reminded me that we want to run 3 miles for Sport Relief on Sunday 16th March! Hooray! This is a very good incentive for me to keep up with...
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