I’m pretty resilient and try my best not to let the weather stop me from my training and this week has been a good example of that. Running on the pavements is almost impossible as they are either icy and lethal or rutted and ankle breaking. However with the snow on all the trails I find it easy to see where I’m going running off roads at night.
No sooner were the Durham Cathedral relays over then it started snowing, we’ve had a fair dump of snow in Durham, but I think we’ve got off quiet lightly. The snow looks very pretty and at first the novelty of running in fresh crisp snow is exciting but it doesn’t take long for that novelty to wear off as it starts to interfere with your training.
I’m pretty resilient and try my best not to let the weather stop me from my training and this week has been a good example of that. Running on the pavements is almost impossible as they are either icy and lethal or rutted and ankle breaking. However with the snow on all the trails I find it easy to see where I’m going running off roads at night.
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The Durham Cathedral Relays are one of my favorite races of the year. I love relays, I love the fact that instead of doing your own thing and seeing nothing of the race other than what’s happening around you, you can actually see the race unfold and shout your team mates on. The Durham relays are a great event, it has a great atmosphere, great location and well organized. My Club North Shields Poly have always had a good tradition of taking part in local, regional and National relay events. As we’ve become veterans we’ve traveled all over the country picking up relay and team medals in British Master Championship events. However the Durham Relays always proves some of our toughest races and stiffest competition. This area has some real talent and you have to be in good shape to win. Why the question mark? Well, it’s a funny thing, it’s great to be back running and I’m loving it. I’ve been back running for about 7 weeks now and over the last two weeks I’ve probably done about four sessions where I’ve given everything, all out as hard as I can, no holding back and my injury and operation sight has held up really well, in fact the only thing that restricts me is my current fitness. However I’m starting to realize just how much fitness I’ve lost over the last six months and the road back to where I was looks like it’ll be a long, hard and painful one and I don’t know if I can face it. |
Iain TwaddleIain Twaddle is one of the most popular runners on the North East athletics circuit. He joined his local running club, North Shields Poly, at the age of 9 and reached County level as a teenager. He since gone on to become one of Britain's top veteran distance runners. Archives
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