Mud In Your Eye
Never Say Never
With a week of sickness behind me, I decided late Friday afternoon to attempt the third race in the Mud in Your Eye XC Series which was taking place the following morning. I hadn’t missed one of these cross country races since the series began back in 2005, and really wanted to keep the streak [...]
Weekend Catchup
Ran the Mud in Your Eye XC 6k on Saturday morning and ended up running pretty well. I warmed up for a couple of easy miles, and wasn’t too happy with my calf still feeling the effects of Thursday’s track workout. However, once the race was underway I soon forgot about it as I concentrated [...]
Running Update
Quick update on how the running is going this week. I recovered well from Saturday’s 20k and ran a really enjoyable seven mile progressive run on Sunday where each mile was slightly quicker than the previous one: 7:36, 7:07, 6:54, 6:49, 6:42, 6:41 and 6:32 My heart rate maxed out at 160bpm which is quite [...]
A Muddy Mud In Your Eye 8k
What a great race! I don’t think I’ve ever competed in a muddier cross country event. Yesterday’s showers, coupled with driving rain before and during the race, made for perfect “Mud In Your Eye” conditions – in my opinion anyway. My legs were a tad achy this morning after yesterday’s solo World Media Run, but [...]
