What a fine morning for running through the city of Chester and the surrounding lanes for the #chesterhalfmarathon. Not the result I would have liked but that heat was a killer especially with those hills 🥵🥹 #running #halfmarathon #halfmarathonrace #polarrunning #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity #oldguysrule

Final run before my half marathon this Sunday, wanted to keep as easy pace as possible and not let hr go too high so a couple of slower km’s while going up hills #running #halfmarathontraining #chesterhalfmarathon #easyrun #adidasrunning #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity #oldguysrule

Last intervals done. Just a short 30 minute session, 1.5 mile warm up then 2 x 4 minutes at mile pace with 2 minutes rest followed by 5 minutes cool down jog.#running #intervals #chesterhalfmarathon #halfmarathontraining #speedrepeats #adidasrunning #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity #oldguysrule

Easy 40 minutes to start the taper for Chester Half Marathon, just two more easy ish runs to go and hopefully all will be ok. Also making sure to keep up with carbing up, had some overnight oats this morning and salmon pasta after my run tonight. #running #halfmarathontraining #chesterhalfmarathon #easyrun #polarrunning #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity #oldguysrule

Well that went better than expected 😊😁 Last long run before next Sunday’s Chester Half managed to keep pace relatively consistent and heart rate not getting too high especially with the weather being so warm. All that’s left is a couple of runs for the taper week to complete the training block. #running #halfmarathontraining #chesterhalfmarathon #sundaylongrun #longrun #adidasrunning #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity #oldguysrule

Getting near the end of this training block for Chester Half in just over 10 days and Manchester 10k the weekend after. Was out with the family all day again so was late again when I managed to put by running gear on and was glad I chose my FuelCell Elite 4’s for this tempo run as the definitely helped my feet today. 40 minutes on total , 10 minutes warm up, 20 minutes tempo and 5 minutes cool down. #running #temporun #temporunning #chesterhalfmarathon #manchester10k #adidasrunning #oldguysrule

It wasn’t the best time to do a threshold run mid afternoon when the sun was probably at its highest which showed in today’s threshold run. Also probably didn’t help hardly eating today as I doubt a bowl of muesli, a banana and an energy gel 7 hours before helped 😄 must admit I made up for it afterwards with this plate of carbonara when I got in 😋🤤 #running #halfmarathontraining #chesterhalfmarathon #thresholdrunning #adidasrunning #runnersofmastodon #runningcommunity #oldguysrule

Final test of my race day shoes before #chesterhalfmarathon in 3 weeks time. Today I allotted a 1 hr 50 minute run with the first hour at easy pace followed by 45 minutes a little faster but keeping hr below zone 4 then completing the run with 5 minutes cool down jog. The New Balance FuelCell’s are bedding in nicely now so I’ll put them away ready for race day. #running #longrun #sundaylongrun #halfmarathontraining #polarrunning #runningcommunity #runnersofmastodon #oldguysrule #hornsup

Tuesday as usual for this training block for Chester Half is threshold day split into two halves of 30 minutes zone 2 easy and zone 4 threshold. Happy for the steady improvement over the past few weeks as race draws near #running #halfmarathontraining #thresholdrun #progressionrun #chesterhalfmarathon #polarrunning #runningcommunity #runnersofmastodon #oldguysrule

Sunday long run testing my race shoes out for Chester Half in 4 weeks time. Decided to forego my usual zone 2 run and split the run into 2 parts, first 11km keeping hr zone 2/ aerobic threshold and the next 5km in zone 3 and lower limit of zone 4. Found I need to alter lacing so will adjust accordingly and test next weekend #running #halfmarathontraining #adidasrunning #chesterhalfmarathon #longrun #sundaylongrun #newbalancefuelcellelite #runningcommunity #runnersofmastodon #oldguysrule