http://davidjfoster.info/runs Observations of an occasional runner Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:45:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en New blog year... new blog address! As of August 16th 2009, Foster Runs is no longer posting to this site. It can now be found at the new and improved www.FosterRuns.com And for all of you folk still swinging by here at the beginning of September, there are new postings there waiting for you ... http://davidjfoster.info/runs/archives/933 YES indeedie, two years have passed since I started writing this blog and if you've been reading it all this time, you probably deserve a drink!  To celebrate, of course! Without the enigmatic Bok to keep me going through the winter, my results have been down on the first year, but only a ... http://davidjfoster.info/runs/archives/924 I wish that were true, but it's not! A local girl friend of mine has a running machine and she has agreed to let me use it whenever I like in exchange for a small charge to cover running costs. So since I'd not had a midweek run this week I tried ... http://davidjfoster.info/runs/archives/920 Actually, maybe this should be called a post-piste run, in view of the fact that we enjoyed several bottles of wine with our friends Phil & Pam last night... which is several more than we normally imbibe! Fortunately I awoke with no serious side-effects and Phil & I were out of ... http://davidjfoster.info/runs/archives/912 I'm trying to remain aloof from Daren 'I've run up a 1000m mountain twice this week' Packham's various acerbic comments.  I'm sure that some form of bovine retribution (eg. a misplaced footfall in a recently deposited cowpat) will have to be forthcoming at some point. I think the Girl Guides (who ... http://davidjfoster.info/runs/archives/909 I pulled up at Falmer pond behind a guy limbering up to go running and asked him if he was running with Andy? 'Yes', came the reply, 'but how did you know to come here?'  It turned out that he had only just changed the meeting point and was waiting for ... http://davidjfoster.info/runs/archives/901 After two hot & sticky days in London and an evening of torrential rain, I escaped out earlier into a clear, cool, sunny morning.  I did my quick 5.2 mile circuit... not so quickly it turned out, as it took me 50 minutes this morning.  6.24mph. I was aware that I ... http://davidjfoster.info/runs/archives/896 The forecasters' prediction for today was very wet, but as it turned out it was instead very warm.  I found this out as I ran down the road carrying both my Gore jacket and beanie hat as insurance against being caught out in the rain. I had decided against driving to ... http://davidjfoster.info/runs/archives/891 Despite not having any intention of running this morning, I somehow found myself warming to the idea over my morning espresso... and was out just after seven. It was a [I'm actually unsure of correct adjective for a change] morning, warm enough for t-shirt & shorts, windy, fresh etc.  It seems ... http://davidjfoster.info/runs/archives/889 I was lax again this week and didn't manage to get a mid-week run in.  This despite Cliff asking me if I wanted to join him & Andy P in a run around water-world, aka the Downs on a super-wet Friday evening!  Unlike last week when I couldn't walk, let ... http://davidjfoster.info/runs/archives/884