Big Andy's Blog

sunshine walk along the river

ahudson — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:54:43 +0000

This morning we went for a walk along the river to get some fresh air and were blasted away by strong in the face winds and bright blue sunshine. Keeping to my promise I did take a couple of photos but the hands were too cold to take more than that and I am only now (5pm) starting to warm up again.

After a sausage and fried egg sandwich lunch (ingredients bought at the farmers market yesterday morning) we watched the FA Cup quarter-final between Reading and Aston Villa. Reading easily outclassed their Premier League opponents in the first-half and went into the break 2-0 up. Unfortunately the away team scorred three goals and Reading were left optimistically prodding and firing balls towards the Aston Villa net but could not succeed. The game finished 4-2 to Aston Villa.

This afternoon I am listening to Foals and Polar Bear and just about to start studing the final two chapters of the first book of my CIW Foundations Course. They both are on Microsoft Expression Web. Later I hope to study a bit of PHP.

Running to Work #2 [20m58s]

ahudson — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:42:27 +0000

man that one was a tough one, the legs restricted by my running tights, the lungs by flegm, and the head by a desire to be back in bed due to illness. I ran to work, and coughed lots. That’s all folks…!

Running Home #4 [19m40s]

ahudson — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:28:07 +0000

Coughing hard from tonight’s run, the first of the week, but glad I did go running as I took the weekend off and didn’t have the energy or motivation to run yesterday. I have been suffering since Friday with a cold which is probably from the forced training effort. Less than 4 weeks to go until the Reading Half-Marathon now.

Friday Summary

ahudson — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:00:18 +0000

Writing this is in itself quite knackering because I have tired and drawn myself out with all the running (and running about) that I have done this week. When I realised last Sunday that the Reading Half-Marathon was just 5 weeks away I figured that I had to start my training right away or forgo the attempt this year. So I have run every working day this week, five days in a row, and I have to say that it has been a real awakener.

The first three days went well, I ran either to or from work and it felt good to be running again (I’d not run since the middle of December), but the run on Thursday was tough and I imagine that the run this afternoon will be something of an out of body experience;) I have the start of a cold and I am feeling knackered and empty which are both symptoms of over-doing it.

I am going to take a break from running tomorrow and I think that I will go for a run along the river on Sunday, a longer run than I have done so far. Possibly I will run all the way to Pangbourne and get the train back. I’ll let you know when I have done it!

Running Home #3 [20m40s]

ahudson — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:55:21 +0000

I ran home from work on Friday and took my time, and was slowed more by having to wait at traffic lights to cross the road. Was cold and didn’t have long-sleeved top as had forgotten at home to bring it. The sun was out and sky was blue!

Along Canal Bridge [30min - 3.91miles]

ahudson — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:08:08 +0000

Not having time to run to or from work I needed to go out running at lunchtime. It was raining and muddy too as I ran along the canal listening to Laura Marling and Mariachi El Bronx on the mp3 player. Tough at the end but nice to do a different route. The route was 3.91 miles which equates to a 7min40s /mile pace.

Running Home #2 [19m11s]

ahudson — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:34:32 +0000

Despite my legs being heavy and my stomach full of chocolate birthday cake (thanks Aklile, happy birthday again!) I ran home tonight. Warmer and lighter than the run on Monday. Now my legs are really heavy and walking up and down stairs is not easy. Roll on tomorrow!

Running to Work [20m07s - 2.69miles]

ahudson — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:16:33 +0000

Yesterday I made the bold decision to carry on my running to/from work regime and skipped breakfast and jumped into my running kit with just a cup of coffee to wake me up. Cold, a bit wet and slighly more up-hill than the other way round. A great start to the day!

Running Home [19m14s - 2.69miles]

ahudson — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:24:31 +0000

Tonight I ran home from work – 2.69 miles in 19mins14s which equates to a 7.08min/mile pace . Not momentous in distance but definitely the start of the training for the Reading Half-Marathon (which will take place in less than 5 weeks time) and something to do every day or every other day for the time between now and 21st March.

Happy New Year!

ahudson — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:06:54 +0000

Well it’s been a couple of weeks into 2010 and lots of snow has fallen and almost melted again. Christmas and New Year were great and lots of great food and superb company! I’ve not been running because of the snow on the ground and because of different illnesses. But soon all the snow will be gone and I will be better!

On Wednesday I took my CIW Foundations exam and passed with 91%! So that means that I am a “CIW Associate” and can move onto the 4th exam: CIW Site Designer. Now I have a bit of spare time before the books for this course arrive I will have time to sleep and then some time to work on my website so that I can say yes that’s me!