Been Running

I've been running.

Tuesday 14/11 - treadmill - 5k in 30 mins appx
Sunday 18/11 - Chelmsford old route with Morgan - 5 miles / 9.42 pace. Great to be running with Morgan.
Tuesday 20/11 - factory to Brondesbury with Iain - 2.98 miles / 9:21 pace.
Thursday 22/11 - treadmill - 5k in exactly 29:20.
Friday 23/11 - treadmill - 4k in 25 mins ???
Sunday 25/11 - Home/Village/Britvic/Washing/Hospital/Longstomps - 4.49 miles / 9.32 pace
Tuesday 27/11 - Factory / Brondesbury with Iain. Great run. We went for it.. Fast on the way back. 2.98 miles in 26:38 mins... Well fast for us.

My leg is better. It still twinges sometimes. I need to stretch every day. And I a now run every other day.

T

Duffy - Rockferry

Erm. Listen to this - http://www.mediablahblahbla - I removed this sorry. You can get it on itunes for 79p.

This is a track called Rockferry by a lady called Duffy. And it is quite spectacular.

The observer writes thus - "There she is, 22 years old, all puppy-eyed and delicate, looking like the sort of shiny pop pin-up that adorns young girls' bedroom walls. Yet her songs - elegiac paeans to heartbreak and treachery, delivered in a voice that has all the gorgeous, aching depth of a seasoned soul diva - bring to mind the dark, sensual performances of Dusty Springfield in the late Sixties."

I think it may be the best peice of music I've heard all year..

Go here for more info -

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,1892762,00.html

http://www.iamduffy.com/

Arcade Fire Live at Alexander Palace

Here's my brother in law's review of Arcade Fire at Alexander Palace -

I went to see Arcade Fire at Ally Pally this evening, so chew on that one sucka!
I didn't even have to pay as i went as the gimp of my Greek friend Simon Imcraptatquizes.
We agree that 'The Fire' are a band that one simply MUST see live. As their chaotic and 'big' sound transcends their recordings.

(see self portrait of brother in law above)

my stiff calf is getting better

So. I've been running. Have you been running ? I've not been writing; but you, you've done some reading no doubt. Try some writing, like running, it's good for you.

However, hang on. My running hurts. My running gave me a bad calf. Although, maybe according to my physio I have a tear in my calf from years ago. And if I hadn't upped my weekly mileage from 0 (zero) to 35 in 6 months I would never have felt it. But hey. It's getting better and I have no idea what I am going on about. I have no point to make. I just want to post my run data.

So. Yep. Running again. Finally -

On the treadmill for what seems like weeks. Alternate days starting at 8 min runs to finally 20 mins until last Wednesday (1st Nov) when Iain and I ran at lunchtime from the Factory to Brondsbury Park and back (2.8 miles ? / 28 mins). We stopped and stretched 10 mins in. There's a slight hill off of Kilburn High Road covered in leaves. We dodged the dog shit, hidden like mines. It was very great to be outside running in London again.

Sunday 4th Nov - (3.34 miles / 10:03 pace) On my own. An early morning misty run through the park. The route Morgan and I did in the summer (I miss you Morgan..). My leg twinged a bit. I saw another runner. A slender young man with all the kit. I passed him on Waterhouse Lane.

Tuesday 6th Nov - (2.91 miles / 10:00 pace) From Maygrove to Brondsebury again with Iain. We sprinted at the end. My legs feel heavy but my heart and lungs could go for miles.

Thursday 8th Nov - 30 mins on the treadmill. No stiffness or pain at all.

Saturday 10th Nov - Today.. (4.42 miles / 9:59 miles). Great run. Cold. I could have gone for ages but with the words of the physio forbidding me from even 10 mins on the road, and scared I'd see her as I bounded through the park I came home to eggs and bacon and a slightly stiff leg.

Bye
T