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Janathon '20 day 23: lunch run, thank you Janathon!

I managed to fit in a sneaky 10K run this lunchtime, round Rickmansworth. Pretty muddy, hillier than I remembered, and worst of all - too much of a queue in the coffee shop when I got back. Boo!

This month has actually gone pretty well, it seems: so far in January I've...

Janathon '20 day 22: misquoting Violent Femmes

You might argue - third verse day, same as the first... Today was awfully similar to day 1 this week, with circuits in the morning and yoga in the evening. Why change something that isn't broken, I say. There - that definitely proves my love!

Janathon '20 day 21: running and yoga

As it turns out, the last couple of days of circuits have left my legs feeling pretty broken! That'll be all the squats, burpies, lunges and so on. However, having the idea in mind of doing a half marathon in a few months, I found myself thinking I ought to get some miles in the legs.

So this morning I...

Janathon '20 day 20: top-and-tail sandwich

A couple of traditional hearties today. First off, an early start for circuits at 6:30am. It was freezing - pleasantly so, in fact, it being pretty dry so rather enjoyable to be out in, with the crunching under foot as we went about our exercises! I was concerned I was under-dressed, with just a long-sleeve tee-shirt and running jacket. However,...

Janathon '20 day 19: more circuits

We tried a local circuits class that was running this morning, at Fit Club Amersham. It was a TRX class, which was to say that about half the stations involved TRX. I'd forgotten how much I like a bit of that; it was hard work and enjoyable, and well-taught by the trainer, Marco.

As far as physical stuff goes, that's...

Janathon '20 day 18: Parkrun and a walk round Henley-on-Thames (plus an excuse)

A late entry for Saturday (we went out on Saturday night and I was too tired to get this post done). The day split up neatly, starting with Parkrun over in Rickmansworth.

The aquadrome was really cold and icy, and numbers were really high - over 700 people finished the event. I...

Janathon '20 day 17: all over by about 7:15am

Friday: circuits, the same as on Monday. Challenge week with the folks at FFS. I pushed as hard as I could under the circumstances, and managed to get a little bit further than Monday (just over 7 times round the circuit this time). Turns out the whole period was captured...

Janathon '20 day 16: this was harder than your usual effort

Yesterday's proposed early-morning run went ahead; my friend and I met up at 6:30am and headed off for a run. Long story short, we started a bit quicker than expected, such that timings meant we could just about hit 10K. So we did.

In the end, Strava claims we managed 6.35 miles,...

Janathon '20 day 15: yoga recovery day

I had intended to do circuits this morning. Events overtook me, though; my son needed a late lift back after a try-out for bar work at a local-ish pub, and that combined with some inevitable faffing around meant I was rather pushing it to manage a 6am start.

Of course that created the perfect conditions for my psyche to keep...

Janathon'20 day 14: running and yoga

It was dry this morning, thankfully, so my friend and I headed out for a sneaky run. We ended up doing a slightly higher pace than expected, which felt like progress! We went just over 4 miles in the end.

Then, after a day of work it was off to yoga for an hour of following. Nice!

Now I am...