If only I were American and lived in America. I would be wetting myself right about now.
Posted 2 months ago
In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston marathon. After realizing that a woman was running, race organizer Jock Semple went after Switzer shouting, “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers.” However, Switzer’s boyfriend and other male runners provided a protective shield during the entire marathon.The photographs taken of the incident made world headlines, and Kathrine later won the NYC marathon with a time of 3:07:29. Wiki
An incredible photograph of a badass woman.
(Source: sabino)
Posted 3 months ago
Posted 3 months ago
Training update
I bloody hate the treadmill.
It’s just so frustrating. Dull, clock watching running. No matter how fast you go you never feel you’re doing any good; even at the fastest pace I’ve done yet, I finished feeling, frankly, awful.
I hope the snow goes soon. I feel bad about running today and I don’t want to.
Posted 4 months ago
I didn’t realize this was a cake until I scrolled down….
BEST CAKE?!
BEST CAKE!
FUCK OFF!
TINA AND BRAD TINA AND BRAD TINA AND BRAD.
LOOOOOOOOK AT THIIIIIIIIIIS.
THINGS LIKE THIS EXIST
THINGS LIKE THIS EXIST
Posted 4 months ago
Enjoying running
Yep - I’m having a lovely time running. Mostly when I’m not running, of course: when I’m actually out there doing a fartlek I hate pretty much every moment. I like fast runs and long runs, though.
Today I ran around Camborne, mostly off-road (which I know isn’t what I’ll be running the marathon on, but it does seem to help with ankle strength). It’s a beautiful route, for the most part, with lots of trees and lakes, and although a lot of Camborne is a building site, it’s still really good.
The main problem is that the route around the outside of the town is only about 8k. So I have to add another short out and back to push it up to 10k. And next week I need to go up to 11k; although perhaps I’ll do that run in Cambridge or up the guided busway.
Weather is treating me very well at the moment. It’s mostly been beautiful. A little chilly but once you’ve been going a couple of K that’s not an issue. I’ve only really had one very wet run, which was pretty nasty.
Snow is to come. I’m pretty sure I’ll not make it to April without. But that’s not the end of the world. It might actually be quite nice. I have new gloves now.
Posted 4 months ago
Training update…
It’s been a while since I wrote a training update, so I thought I should pop a quick one down.
Last week was the official first week of the 16-week training schedule. Total of 28.16k under my belt for the week; including a less painful (although still horrible) fartlek and a 10k yesterday at 30s/k under my normal training pace. Which was a little much, I think, more a tempo run than a steady run, but was a great confidence boost. Although I am feeling it today somewhat.
Foam roller is, frankly, a gift from god; it’s sorted my ITB out brilliantly, and my legs generally feel a lot better than they have for a while. I’m pretty happy with the way things are going.
I’m kind of hungry for more now. I’m really enjoying running again, and I like making the time during the day to do it. I’m going to run a marathon! That’s pretty cool. And I’m going to make a proper weekend of it: GF and I are going to head to London on the Saturday, eat many, many pasta, she’s going to carry me back to a hotel after the race, and then she’s going to drink wine and watch me sleep and/or whinge for hours. Pretty much like a normal weekend but with more hotel.
Posted 5 months ago
Movie Trailer of the Day: The first official trailer for Argentine filmmaker Juan Diego Solanas’ literal mind-bender Upside Down comes courtesy of French premium pay channel Canal+.
The highly anticipated sci-fi-fantasy romance stars Jim Sturgess and Kristen Dunst as universe-crossed lovers searching for a way to unite their inverted lives.
Set to open later this year.
[bleedingcool.]
Well, 2 minutes of that just broke me right in the head. I can’t imagine a whole film of it.
Posted 5 months ago
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