Category: Running

A Half Marathon Run 4

A Half Marathon Run

I’ve been keeping this relatively quiet, but the Half-Ironman distance triathlon that I pulled out of last year is looming fast. I pulled out last year due to my plantar fasciistis injury but my entry was deferred for a year so I’m still signed up to do it. My foot seems better but I haven’t...

Wading to Holy Island 1

Maltraeth to Four Mile Bridge Coast Path Run

Coast Path Vital Stats Maltraeth to Four Mile Bridge Distance: 18.70 miles Elevation Gain Today: 332m Highest Elevation: 68m Time: 4:06:45 Av. Pace: 13:12 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: 101bpm Max Heart Rate: 158bpm Calories: 1452 Totals to Date Total Distance: 262.72 miles Total Time: 48:44:59 Total Elevation Gain: 7349m Total Calories: 23209 Distance to go: 623 miles That was...

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Full on Friday

That was a good day, especially as it was only Friday and not even the weekend. Up early as usual after a poor nights sleep for an hour or so of work on the computer and then off for a fairly hard 70 minute run from home. It shouldn’t have been that hard as it wasn’t...

Llanddwyn Island Views 1

Menai Bridge to Maltraeth Coast Path Run

Coast Path Vital Stats Menai Bridge to Maltraeth Distance: 23.12 miles Elevation Gain Today: 322m Highest Elevation: 50m Time: 3:38:32 Av. Pace: 9:27 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: 125bpm Max Heart Rate: 148bpm Calories: 2019 Totals to Date Total Distance: 244.02 miles Total Time: 44:38:14 Total Elevation Gain: 7017m Total Calories: 21190 Distance to go: 641 miles Another early start...

FTP Test 1

Training, Racing and Recreation Balance

You may have noticed that although I’ve still be fairly active, cycling, running around the coast path and such like, I haven’t been posting about any proper training and certainly nothing about any races. This is all due to the fact that I’ve had a few niggling injuries. Injuries Last year it was plantar fasciitis,...

Vibrant Greenery 2

Glynllifon to Bangor Coast Path Run

Coast Path Vital Stats Glynllifon to Bangor Distance: 22.92 miles Elevation Gain Today: 235m Highest Elevation: 61m Time: 3:24:14 Av. Pace: 8:55 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: 134bpm Max Heart Rate: 153bpm Calories: 1974 Totals to Date Total Distance: 220.9miles Total Time: 40:59:42 Total Elevation Gain: 6695m Total Calories: 21,190 Distance to go: 664 miles Another run along the Wales...

Here's Looking at You 1

My Kind of Day

The half-term continues and amazingly the weather continues to impress too. Further east in the country people are complaining of the cold, wet, miserable weather, but here in the west it has been gorgeous for ages now. Sunshine from 4 am until the sun sets at around 9:30pm and temperatures up into the 20’s everyday. Wind...

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More Sunshine and More Wind

Another perfect day here in Ynyslas. More Sunshine and More wind. There were some lovely views over the estuary from on top of the dunes first thing. When this was taken there was barely a breath of wind. That soon changed though whilst I was doing a hard VO2Max Interval session on the turbo trainer....

Porth y Nant Views 1

Morfa Nefyn to Glynllifon Coast Path Run

Coast Path Vital Stats Morfa Nefyn to Glynllifon Distance: 20.01 miles Elevation Gain Today: 810m Highest Elevation: 350m Time: 3:34:26 Av. Pace: 10:43 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: 130bpm Max Heart Rate: 164bpm Calories: 1924 Totals to Date Total Distance: 192.98miles Total Time: 37:35:28 Total Elevation Gain: 6460m Total Calories: 19,216 Distance to go: 684 miles After and amazing day...

Coastal Scenery 6

Aberdaron to Morfa Nefyn Coast Path Run

Coast Path Vital Stats Aberdaron to Morfa Nefyn Distance: 24.51 miles Elevation Gain Today: 1062m Highest Elevation: 149m Time: 5:21:46 Av. Pace: 13:08 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: 124bpm Max Heart Rate: 168bpm Calories: 2493 Totals to Date Total Distance: 177.93miles Total Time: 34:01:04 Total Elevation Gain: 5509m Total Calories: 17,292 Distance to go: 704 miles I’d postponed my Aberdaron...