Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Kate Carter

Running blog: how was your weekend running?

We Own The Night 10k run in Victoria Park, London
We Own The Night 10k run in Victoria Park, London, on Saturday. Photograph: Miles Willis/Getty Images for Nike

The promise of a touch of summer that this weekend brought seems to have faded again this morning – at least here in a grey, gloomy London. Did you get some vitamin D on your runs this weekend?

I did a particularly brutal track session on Saturday (8x1km reps with 200m recovery), which left me wiped out – though I'm also blaming recovery from tonsillitis on that one. The result was a slog of a nine-mile run which felt like an ultramarathon yesterday.

I hope I regain some zip in my legs, as I'm doing the Bupa 10k next bank holiday Monday (anyone else taking part?), followed six days later by the Poole 10k. Note to self: really must space out races a bit better. Or join some kind of Race Enterers' Anonymous support group …

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.