January, 2017 - cushtie.com - Page 4

Month: January 2017

  • Little Guilin Again

    A year and a half after our first expedition, and a day after our last attempt, we went out to Little Guilin again. This time, we left in the morning, rather than waiting until a rainstorm blew in, and we carefully researched the bus routes so we wouldn’t do anything damnfool stupid. Of course, we […]

  • Marathon training – week 2 of 14

    This week I missed a few runs: I skipped a 30 minute jog on Friday night, feeling exhausted from the week and wanting to be fresh for the parkrun on the Saturday, and I was also meant to do a 2 hour tempo run at goal pace on Saturday morning; 20-odd minutes (and they were […]

  • Resolutions for 2017

    Usually I check on my resolutions on the 31st of December and then write my new ones on the first of January, but with the last couple of days being so busy, I figured I’d write my resolutions blind today, and then check on 2016 tomorrow. So, in no particular order: Reading I don’t feel […]

  • Start as you mean to go on, 2017 edition

    After yesterday’s exertions I struggled to get up, ignoring my 6:30am alarm and only getting out to the trails about 8 this morning. I was scheduled for a 65 minute ‘envelope’ run, a horrorshow where you’re meant to run at a ‘mildly uncomfortable pace’ and, rather than go around the Marina Bay for the nth […]