Greg Boys

April fools

March is over, and hopefully with it the end of the wet weather. It seems every club run I attended was in the rain, I suppose this could be good practice for the event if we get bad weather. Last year they had dry & sunny conditions, I'd like to see some of that. 
In March I ran a half marathon in Lisbon, that was hot & sunny, but not my favourite event as it was very disorganised, crowded and a bit of a boring route. Time was under my 2 hour target so that was pleasing. Some of this training must be paying off. What is noticeable is that recovery is much quicker, I could walk up & down stairs the day after which was handy in the hilly city of Lisbon, also pastel de nata is great recover food! 
I also managed 5 days away in France with my brother for some "high altitude training" or running & cycling up  big hills. We had an excellent time and did some pain-full exercise. Vin-full too. 
Thanks for reading, for the support and the sponsorship. Later this month I'm trying a new style of running event, a "backyard" run. Watch this space for an update on that next month. 
Photo showing team Baguette up & go and the new run kit.  
 

Marching forward

It's March, how did that happen? The Run2Paris is rapidly approaching. and we are getting more details of how the days will work; the camp sites, how the changeovers work, and the app we will be using to navigate etc. 
Training this month has been steady, I'm trying to also fit in cycle training for an upcoming tri the month after R2P. I'm trying to incorporate more stretching into my days, as I think one of the challenges for me will be the aches & pains from running combined with camping. I was very pleased to see that at least my watch thinks I'm fit with my running score being "Superior" for the first time ever. 
Team news. We've gone with a team name change to "Baguette up and go". We've taken a team pic of the 5 of us in team kit, and the club has recently run a charity jazz evening to help raise money.    

New Year, new speed?

Start of Feb, and I've got 2 events under my belt already. An offroad muddy & wet 15k run from Thornbury alongside the Severn, and a half marathon in Warwick. 
The training is really paying off as my half marathon time was the fastest I've run that distance since 2015. 
We've started the logistics of running to Paris with some planning meetings; which cars are we taking, how many stops for cheese & baguettes will there be, important stuff likethat. 
Thanks again for the sponsorship folks, it really helps me focus on training for this big event. Cheers

Heading into Xmas

It's Dec 18th, less than a week to go to Xmas. I've upped my running to 5 days a week, 4 of which are in a row to try and simulate some of the Run2Paris pain. 
We've been running on Cleeve hill, sometimes beautiful sometimes wet & windy, always brutal with the hills.  
Mileage is approx 50k per week. Something must be going right as I had a quick 10k (50:34) at Westonbirt on day 4 of running. 
I fully expect a week of Christmas over indulgence will slow me down a bit, but overall I'm pleased with progress so far.  

End of October

Training starting proper now, for the 1st time I've run 4 days consecutive. Now I've got to up the distance on those runs (the v short one is back from the pub and doesn't count towards totals) 
Amazing response from my fb post, and thanks to all who sponsored me. Now I've really got to do it. 

Start of the training

I'm trying to run 30k to 40k a week. Total so far this week: 5k. Umm, need to get on it. 
Sponsorship request sent via FB so it makes it real.