I woke up Sunday morning, 6:00am to have something to eat. I was not going to get caught out again with the diet thing. I had spent the week, carb-loading and was feeling a bit stuffed. A Weetabix and a honey covered bagel were my poison before I slowly and reluctantly got […]
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Map
Route
Eastfield » Edinburgh Road » New Street » Promenade » Links View » New Street (and back)
Distance
2.0 miles
Time
My 8:58 Pace for 2.0 miles should be 17:56, today was (8:56, 9:02), ran 9:00 pace and the total was 17:59 (+0:03)
Stops
0
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Still no iPod, I think I may have found a donor. It was very close today […]
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Marathon week is here, Tuesday 3 miles.
Map
Route
Eastfield » Musselburgh Road » Seaview Terrace » Promenade » Bottom of Figgate Lane (and back)
Distance
3.0 miles
Time
Pace for 3.0 miles should be 26:54, today was (8:42, 8:22, 8:57), ran 8:41 pace and the total was 26:02 (-0:52)
Stops
0
Comments
Bags of energy in the first mile, back to normal in the third […]
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Took an extra rest yesterday and did my 4 miler today.
Map
Route
Milton Road East » Milton Road » Duddingston Crescent » Park Avenue » Stanley Street » Bridge over Sir Harry Lauder Road » St Marks Place » Argyle Crescent » St Marys Place » James Street » Promenade » Musselburgh Road » Eastfield
Distance
4.1 miles
Time
Pace for […]
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Smallest run for a long time today. 3 miles, but I decided to make it 3.2.
Map
Route
Eastfield » Musselburgh Road » Seaview Terrace » Promenade » End of Funfair (and then back again in reverse)
Distance
3.2 miles (2 x 1.6 miles)
Time
Pace for 3.2 miles was 28:42, I managed 28:13 (-0:29)
Splits were 1.0 mile (-0:10), 1.6 miles […]
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Despite my post from earlier, I went up the Club for some treatment and it was such a nice night, I decided to attempt my run. It was strange, I was going to be running on grass round the perimeter of Cavalry Park (home to Portobello Rugby Club). I knew from years ago […]
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Map
Route
Eastfield » Musselburgh Road » Seaview Terrace » Promenade » End of Promenade at Seafield Road East (and then back again in reverse)
Distance
5 miles
Time
Pace was 44:49, made it in 44:50. Check out my new geeky table
#
Projected Pace
Actual Pace
Mile Time
Difference
Cumulative Difference
1
8:58
8:43
8:43
-0:15
-0:15
2
17:56
18:05
9:22
+0:24
+0:09
3
26:53
26:37
8:32
-0:26
-0:16
4
35:51
34:56
8:19
-0:39
-0:55
5
44:49
44:50
9:54
+0:56
+0:01
Stops
A micro stop as I went round the bollard at the end […]
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Running with a sore head - turns out it’s a really crap idea.
Route
Easter Road » Seafield Road » Beach » Portobello Prom » Bottom of Kings Road » Return.
Distance
5 miles + some rocks
Time
42 min 58 secs
Stops
None
Comments
After a couple of days sensible rest to let my legs recover from the battle with the Beast, I was […]
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Another day, another warm day, another run.
Map
Route
Eastfield » Musselburgh Road » Seaview Terrace » Promenade » Halfway along Promenade to 2 mile point (and then back again in reverse)
Distance
4 miles
Time/Pace
35:56
Here are the accumulative pace times (my actuals are in brackets):
8:58 (8:33), -0:25
17:56 (17:53), -0:03
26:53 (27:13), +0:20
35:51 (35:56), +0:05
Stops
0
Comments
A very hard run today. The […]
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After the last couple of runs, I am still pretty down but doing my best to remain positive. Since Monday morning I have eaten like a dream, no bad stuff, in fact, super good stuff and I am feeling better for it. I headed out today to do a 5 miler and had […]
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