Tom's Blog

Lull in Blog updates over the past week or so having travelled back to the UK and being busy. Caught a cold on the flight back (not surpris...

Carl blew me out this morning (after just paying for my new set of 10) so rode to work angry. Albeit not very fast. Just haven't been ...

South Steyne and back from home. 30:14 (about 15:07 at South Steyne). Very warm but felt great and bouncy. No probs with the hip although...

Sore after first run so will try again tomorrow. A few recent photos.... http://pommytom.smugmug.com/Highnam/December-2009/10541399_UTTrR/1/...

Very easy 5km today testing out the hip (the MRI for which showed a bony spur on my femur head and torn cartilage). No pain although I ...

Is what I have - saw a physio on Wednesday. 2-3 weeks off running, but allowed (and encouraged) to ride the bike. Groin is very tender at ...

Session was 14 x 3mins off 60s but I pulled out after 6. Not sure what the matter was - completely bereft of energy and was puffing and whe...

Yesterday I showed up at Centennial Park at 6.45am to find our usual meeting place roped off by police due to the murder of a 37yr old. htt...

Caught up with Sean's squad for 8km hard followed by 10 hills. Lots of wind today which, given we run a figure of 8 circuit, helped in ...

Just an easy 6km today but ran it quite quick going through 5km in 20:09 before easing down to jog up the hill.

She's a big lass! And a bonny lass! And she loves her beer! And they call her Cushy Butterfield, and I wish she was here! Another run ho...

Adductor was feeling better and had a massage with the Tiger so tested a run by running home. Where the adductor previously was sore was fi...

Very easy 6km run around the Botanical Gardens. Feeling strong again but the adductor/groin problem was bad. I number of other muscles in th...

First hill session in almost a year. Wasn't worried about the achilles but more about the adductor. Was fine during the session though. ...

Rotten cold yesterday. I was the world's grumpiest man. Better today but still coughing up a load of bad stuff (which almost hurts my ...

Yesterday's run buggered my legs up. Felt like someone took a hammer to them overnight. Not helped by general stiffness due to the strea...

If I'm being honest, I haven't enjoyed the long Sunday run for about a year. Injury worries seem to be exacerbated when running slo...

Saturday Joined up with Sean's squad for what I thought was 6km hard. Turned out it was 8km hard followed by 10 100m hills. Watched ever...

Easy 10km with Clyde and Sam (44:20). Had intended to run 14km but adductor was starting to get a bit sore. Stretched it out thoroughly an...

Blogger seems to know it's my birthday - there was a cake with a candle on it integrated into the Blogger symbol when I logged in. Big B...