Posts Tagged ‘ Nike ’

Despite about 3 months of excuses and general complaining, both OGB and myself managed to get ourselves to the start line of the Nike 10k Runlondon event. I can’t say we were overly happy – we still maintained an air of cynicism which acted as a cover for our fear but we were clearly...
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I managed to squeeze in a tiny 3.5km run into my super busy schedule yesterday, but as my plans changed at the last minute I had to run straight after my lunch or face a runless day. I normally run first thing in the morning before I have eaten anything so I found running...
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We went back for a re-run of the Nike 5k training session in Regents Park last night. Both of us felt like seasoned pros this time – all the nerves had vanished – and we even felt cocky enough to skip the embarassing group warmup. I ended up setting off a little behind the...
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I didn’t run yesterday, not sure why, I was feeling a bit under the weather I suppose and lethargic. I felt really restless by the end of the day though and nearly took myself out for a jog at midnight. Trouble is my routes aren’t really suitable for solitary night time runs. I made...
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Ok that title is a bit melodramatic but I was certainly a bit disturbed on the day of my first Nike training run. It ocurred to me that I had somehow managed to voluntarily sign myself up for an event that could only prove to be as horrendous as school sports days. Horrible childhood...
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I really enjoyed the run this morning, I kept it steady and it was raining lightly so all in all I felt pretty comfortable. I turned the usual Chiswick and Hammersmith Bridge loop into a figure of 8 run to bring up to exactly 10k.
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I’ve prepared 8 route profiles to encourage me to step up the pace a bit with my running. All are based around the bridges across the Thames in West London, so they are both flat and beautiful runs. I have a 3.5k route from Chiswick Bridge to Barnes Bridge, which is my usual morning...
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I don’t know what possessed me! I’ve just committed myself to the Nike 10k run to be held in Hyde Park in early October. Why would I do that? I can only just stagger around a 5k course. Whats worse is that its a competiton – North vs South with the winner chosen on...
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