Welshman By The Sea

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2008-08-31T21:54:00.001+01:00

A small summer adventure

2008-08-08T06:42:00.001+01:00

So started my adventure on the bus at 6.30am on a rainy Friday. We are due to get a 7.30 train to Eastbourne and it's not supposed to be raining!

Border Path In The Rain

2008-08-05T14:15:00.001+01:00

Nice run this morning in the fine rain. Its supposed to be summer but I like running in the rain.

Activity

Route:	--	Elev. Avg:	0 ft
Location:	Shoreham,	Elev. Gain:	+0 ft
Date:	07/25/08	Up/Downhill:	[+0/-0]
Time:	01:28 PM	Difficulty:	0 / 5.0

Performance

Distance:	7.15 miles
Time:	1:14:15
Speed:	5.8 mph
Pace:	10' 23 /mi
Calories:	1028

Map

Elevation (ft)

Pace (min/mile)

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Beach run

2008-04-14T20:55:00.000+01:00

The best run in wales?

2008-04-14T20:54:00.001+01:00

So went for a run over the beach this morning early at about 7.30 this
has to be one of the best runs in wales over the beach at low tide to
monkstone point and the the forest track cliff top path back,all on a
cold but sunny morning.
Pics to follow:

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Nice pint

2008-04-13T16:22:00.000+01:00

by the sea again

2008-04-13T15:43:00.002+01:00

well sitting here outside the royal oak pub having a pint reliving old memories of when I was just old enough to buy a pint.
It has been a nice relaxing trip so far apart from two year old tantrums.
more later as I will try to run cliff top and beach early am.

2008-01-27T17:58:00.000Z

Nice day for a run but cold in the wind. The shelter of castle hill was welcome. First run for my new Garmin 305 and I am pleased with it.

Activity

Route:	--	Elev. Avg:	458 ft
Location:	Shoreham,	Elev. Gain:	+0 ft
Date:	01/27/08	Up/Downhill:	[+997/-997]
Time:	12:54 PM	Difficulty:	3.1 / 5.0

Performance

Distance:	6.47 miles
Time:	1:04:25
Speed:	6.0 mph
Pace:	9' 57 /mi	Heart Rate:	164 bpm (Avg)
Calories:	891		177 bpm (Peak)

Map

Elevation (ft)

Pace (min/mile)

Heart Rate (bpm)

Heart Rate Zones

Zone	Range (bpm)	Time In Zone		Distance In Zone
Zone 5	171 - 190	0h 15m	24%	1.31 mi
Zone 4	152 - 171	0h 51m	78%	5.28 mi
Zone 3	133 - 152	0h 02m	4%	0.25 mi
Zone 2	114 - 133	0h 02m	3%	0.09 mi
Zone 1	95 - 114	0h 00m	0%	0.01 mi
(none)	out of range	0h 00m	0%	0.01 mi

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2008-01-19T20:31:00.000Z

Just trying ot another gps site

Activity

Route:	--	Elev. Avg:	522 ft
Location:	Shoreham,	Elev. Gain:	+0 ft
Date:	09/30/07	Up/Downhill:	[+1200/-1200]
Time:	12:55 PM	Difficulty:	3.6 / 5.0

Performance

Distance:	8.27 miles
Time:	1:28:28
Speed:	5.6 mph
Pace:	10' 42 /mi
Calories:	1594

Map

Elevation (ft)

Pace (min/mile)

Splits

Mile	Pace (min/mile)		Speed (mph)		Elevation Gain
Mile	actual	+/- avg	actual	+/- avg	Elevation Gain
1	11' 20	+0' 38	5.3	-0.3	+259 ft
2	11' 00	+0' 18	5.5	-0.2	+174 ft
3	8' 29	-2' 13	7.1	+1.5	-204 ft
4	11' 15	+0' 33	5.3	-0.3	+53 ft
5	13' 11	+2' 29	4.5	-1.1	+305 ft
6	10' 22	-0' 20	5.8	+0.2	-190 ft
7	10' 14	-0' 28	5.9	+0.3	-65 ft
8	9' 43	-0' 59	6.2	+0.6	-213 ft
end	8' 54	-1' 48	6.7	+1.1	-118 ft
Versus average of 10' 42 min/mile

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Blues band

2008-01-12T21:54:00.001Z

Great gigg

Snow and new shoes!

2008-01-03T17:41:00.001Z

So I eventually decided if I am running trails all the time I should get some more appropriate shoes. I have had a range of shoes over the last years mostly Saucony Grids and Brooks Adrenalines. My latest pair of brooks and now starting to fade so maybe father Christmas should get me a present.
I have friends with Innovat-8 shoes and i was really looking for these but it is difficult to find a Brighton supplier. i wanted to try the shoes on obviously rather than just trust to luck from the Internet.
I decided to go to my usual shop RUN but they were shut. I eventually rocked up to the Jog Shop and was presented with the usually array. After several runs down the street I picked the pair which not only seemed best compromise in cushion and grip but also had a load of other features.

So the New Balance Rx 1441 has an aggressive cleat and a host of features including a zipp in-able gaiter.
I thought I would test them today but was not quite expecting the snow!

I must say I felt like I had four wheel drive on, the grip was great with the shoes very comfortable. Downhills on harder paths were a bit jarring but this may just be because this was about 7-8 miles in and I am still not 100% fit.
The confidence in the snow was great and they gave me lots of freedom to run downhill at a good pace ( most people who run with me know I love downhills, hate uphills and run very slowly)

Details of the run follows :)

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Well time to try out those shoes!

2008-01-03T17:33:00.001Z

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May be slightly ambitious

2008-01-03T17:06:00.001Z

Well perhaps a ten mile run after a long period off is a bit ambitious but I felt ok until the last 2 miles.
Still 1.52 was not bad considering I have not been training. My run is accurate according to my Garmin Forerunner.

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Run Today

2007-12-29T09:15:00.001Z

long hilly
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A walk in the woods

2007-11-03T09:38:00.001Z

Iwan and i took molly for a walk in the woods

I was robbed

2007-10-31T18:47:00.000Z

Well here is a little picture of me which I may buy from the great Antbliss Site. My watch clearly says 1.59:29 and I stopped it a little time after the finish line!
So how come I had an official result of 2.00:02! :(

Anyway at least I think I finished in under 2 hours if nobody else does!

Barns Green Half

2007-10-28T13:47:00.001Z

Well yes a nice day for a run(raining and a bit dull) but I quite like that sort of weather for running in so off we all went to Barnes
Green to do the Half.
A jolly crew with Kim Dave Cliff and I meeting up before the race and just when we had thought he would not make it Pete turned up having cycled from brighton to Barnes Green (20Mile or so) and then joined in the run.
Pete had the best time also which kind off makes you think oh dear maybe if I was younger ( but then Pete's also older that me so that means I just cant win :)

A small Sunday Jaunt

2007-10-15T20:57:00.000+01:00

Went for a leg loosener to Ditchling and caught a lift back with Kath. A good 5 miles and a bit. Nice afternoon but colder out of the sun as i ran in the shadow of the Beacon towards Ditchling. Garmin ran out of battery half way through so no map!

TGFI

2007-10-15T20:44:00.000+01:00

Dr G, Rich and I met for a run after work on Friday. Just a small one we all agreed, we were all suffering various stages of post injury syndrome. Rich nearly even called off because of feeling fluee!
We eventually set off about 5.30 ish head torches at the ready just in case it was a longer 'short one' than we had expected.
Dr G seemed to run out of steam up the hill towards the beacon and it was a glorious evening with a great quality of light.
We headed off back down the hill but as we got towards the home straight Dr G found his form and decided to make a race of it back to my back gate. I am pleased to say that I was feeling very good and really made a pleasing sprint pace the last third of a mile or so (down hill I may add).
This was a great little 7 miles in good company and we may try to keep this a regular slot, I am ok about running in the dark so we may see how this goes.

My Sunday Run

2007-10-07T11:29:00.001+01:00

Well I did venture out after all on Sunday. It was a dull and dismal day with a fine sea mist down around the coast. I felt like a long run so I decided to go for a route I had not done for some time. The picture was taken from my phone and mo blogged to this site at that time but strangely as David has pointed out it seems to have 3.29am as the post time not Sunday afternoon?

I will add a map of the rout and add a marker where the picture was taken.

It ended up 9.72 miles which I was fairly chuffed with nut my calves were not. Hey Ho!

Up for a coffe

2007-10-06T18:03:00.001+01:00

Met Dave and Kim for a coffee today and just had to try moblogging out seems it works apart from my poor texting Dave!

2007-10-03T18:35:00.000+01:00

I took this picture on my run this evening which was magic just me and the downs looking great in the late evening sun.

I am so lucky to have this landscape literally on my door step.

Check out the route map below

Sunday Jaunt

2007-10-03T18:08:00.001+01:00

Met David for a really lovely run in Burgler Bill this morning as you can see by our route covered some lovely ground mostly all offroad.
We then had a lovely breakfast so that made up for any calorie loss!

Italian Job

2007-10-03T17:45:00.000+01:00

Well this is me finishing the La Via Marenca Utra Trail half marathon in Liguria, Italian Alps.

The run profile of this run is over 1000m height gain and ended up more like 25K rather than 21K.

But through the 30 heat I enjoyed finishing at least. The views and cool air of the mountains were very welcome

Sunday Best

2007-10-01T17:39:00.000+01:00

So went for a nice run Sunday afternoon unfortunately on my own.
Total run distance about 8.23 Miles.
Felt good and tried to push up those hills.
After two weeks off I must admit I am stiff today.