I was feeling unhappy with 2021 as a running year: few races, but then that’s true for everyone, and I had to do Couch to 5k twice to get back from injury, as well as leading the Seaford Striders C25K group. In fact, I increased both distance and elevation, compared to 2020.  The first part…

Yesterday afternoon I ran in pleasant sunshine to Frog Firle and High and Over, on the longer route. Time: 46:41 Distance: 5.07 Pace: 9.13 (best 6.42) Average heart rate: 144 Technorati Tags: frogfirle

I had a mid-morning run to Splash Point in grey and uninspiring weather. Time: 44:38 Distance: 5.03 Pace: 8.53 (best 6.48) Average heart rate: 151 In this morning’s post the entry form came for the 2006 Beachy Head Marathon, to be held on 28 October. I shall certainly enter, and hope to improve on last…

I felt better: some coughing still but I managed this run on a a glorious day. Time: 1:41:15 Distance: 10.52 Pace: 9.38 (best 7.34) Average heart rate: 149

I had a muddy late afternoon run to High and Over Time: 46:15 Distance: 4.96 Pace: 9.19 (best 7.07) Average heart rate: 155

It was a beautiful, if cold, night down by the sea, bright stars and the dark water. I felt considerably better than on my Sunday run. Time: 33:34 Distance: 3.79 Pace: 8.51 (best 7.24) Average heart rate: 158

A very hard cold run in a fierce north easterly wind to Firle Beacon and back by way of Bishopstone. Time: 1:50:03 Distance: 10.51 Pace: 10.29 (best 7.52) Average heart rate: 151 Total this week: 22.04 Two weeks till the Hastings Half Marathon and nine weeks till the Three Forts Marathon.

I chose an easy route for my first post-Sussex Beacon run, down to the sea front, along a little way and back. Time: 30:40 Distance: 3.3 Pace: 9.17 (best 7.29) Average heart rate: 167

It was bright, windy and the tide was high. I ran out to Bishopstone, then to the sea, along the front to Splash Point. Gargantuan yellow lorries were roaring up and down the beach, shifting shingle. I seemed to find a good pace and style. Time: 1:05:25 Distance: 7.27 Pace: 9.00 (best 7.04) Average heart…

I ran in the afternoon, not something I usually do, but I hoped that the weather might improve. But it stayed windy and wet. I went along the front to Newhaven, up over Newhaven cliffs, where there ewer some very slippery patches. I went as far as Phyllis Avenue in Peacehaven, a little beyond the…