Running On Empty

I've been a bit lax lately, both in getting out for exercise and in blogging about it when I do, so here's a quick round-up: Fri 15 March : the day after the Blue House run, I was out again for another lunchtime jaunt, this time just scraping the edges of Heaton Park and Jesmond Vale. It was a 6K run, but it's always a little frustrating as a destination, as time constraints mean I have to turn back almost as soon as I've got somewhere nice. I need to do the X63 to South Gosforth run again sometime; at least then I'd get to do the full length of Jesmond Dene and Jesmond Vale. Sat 16 March : no parkrun again. 🙁 The girls were being parents for the day and they ruled it out. Sun 17 March : A long-awaited return to Junior Parkrun for Daughter the Elder. 🥰 Not only that, she did herself proud, getting a time of 13:14, which is her 3rd best time ever. Not bad for having had zero practice for 6 months. I even got a sweat on myself keeping up with her, but then I hadn...

Indoor cycling? On a running blog? What am I thinking?! Well, firstly, with a lack of running, there's a lack of content keeping this blog alive. And a lack of content makes me feel like the hobby's dying, which I don't want. But secondly, when I looked up plantar fasciitis, one of the recommendations from running websites was to do more cross-training while it sorts itself out. Something with less heel impact, like cycling or swimming. So... I dusted off the lockdown bike . It's always a bit boring being sat in one place with one view the whole time, so I stuck YouTube on the telly and watched a 4-year-old video from the Two Wheel Cruise channel where they  ascended Mount Norikura  in Japan. I've always enjoyed that channel, especially when they get it into the countryside. Check it out of you're bored with your exercise bike. The bike feels easier these days than it used to in lockdown, so I rattled off half-an-hour-plus on level 6. It actually has...