In the week that the countdown to London crept well below the 100 day mark it seems right to get my finger out of my blogging arse and give a wee update on how I am or am not doing. It's been a while since my last running blog (I feel like I'm at a … Continue reading Love and Hate -on the road to London
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“History” or “How accurate ARE these bloody elephants?” 2016 in trainers.
Warning: end of year review. Egotistical and self congratulatory stuff within. Why not take a wee look at your year and have a smile too 🙂 So the training I’m doing just now is just trying to build a base for my marathon training starting on 2nd January. May have an indoor race start of … Continue reading “History” or “How accurate ARE these bloody elephants?” 2016 in trainers.
Demons -the Haddington Half marathon and Wishaw OGM
As I said in my last blog, the next plan was to revisit Haddington Half to try and finish it on my feet this year, rather than last year's chauffeur driven jaunt in an ambulance. I was disappointed by the lack of nee naw to be fair. Before that particular branch of demons I had … Continue reading Demons -the Haddington Half marathon and Wishaw OGM
Estuvo Bien – Strathclyde parkrun 311 25/6/2016
Well, all being well tomorrow I am off on holiday. Need to do my packing very soon so this will be a quick blog. Hoping next week to do the Paris parkrun if time allows. On Thursday we did the Rollercoaster run, so only one option for it today, had to do Strathclyde parkrun to … Continue reading Estuvo Bien – Strathclyde parkrun 311 25/6/2016
The Rock – Polaroid series Dumbarton 10k 2016
Sometimes you can lose your mojo and can’t really find a reason why. Last Week’s PB at Clydebank had felt a bit flat. Even afterwards I felt a bit flat. No idea why. Then I remembered the joy when I saw my club mate “Lightning”McQueen’s reaction to his 10k and 5k PBs in the pace … Continue reading The Rock – Polaroid series Dumbarton 10k 2016
History Repeating? The 100th Springburn parkrun
Disclaimer: may contain small elements of smugness http://www.facebook.com/markgallmac for behind the scenes footage. Or something. This week saw the next round of the Motherwell AC club championships and following on from the previous 10k and 10 miler it was to be a 5k. Continuing our touring approach it was to be the Springburn parkrun for … Continue reading History Repeating? The 100th Springburn parkrun
Confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as… Time Trial
The MAC Time Trial. A bane of my life. I ran one good one last July in 24.34 when I was in my best form and got injured shortly after. In my last one in January I managed 26.41, more than 2 minutes behind and in second last place. The rules were changed re the … Continue reading Confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as… Time Trial
The Majestic Head? or the National Road relays 2016
http://www.facebook.com/markgallmac Disclaimer: these are the views of me. I know I rarely make sense. Today was a funny one. I have trained well this week. I'm feeling better than I have since my injury problems started last August. And today I was delighted to be back in the real action for the Scottish National Road … Continue reading The Majestic Head? or the National Road relays 2016
Down by the river – parkrun and Cambuslang 10k
come join the party at http://www.facebook.com/markgallmac It all begin innocently with a comment from Jim, the legend in lycra. "We should provide the volunteers for parkrun". We had a wee chat about it and realised just how many of us had started our running with a wee visit to Strathclyde Park on a Saturday … Continue reading Down by the river – parkrun and Cambuslang 10k
The shoe must go on (feat Strathclyde parkrun and the naked rambler)
Please subscribe for blogs as they happen, or "like" at http://www.facebook.com/markgallmac A mixed week, a funny week, a week where I tried to chuck (at least) a training session, a week where I hit parkrun again, and a week where Tommy blamed the trainer (thank you Ewen Cameron for this and more puns ;)) after … Continue reading The shoe must go on (feat Strathclyde parkrun and the naked rambler)
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