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  1. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 30 ( July 26 - August 1 )

    Trying to get back into the swing of things after a few weeks with not much running to speak of. Night-owl kids! Anyway, enough whining, I got out this morning for a lovely 7km winter beach run. Quite cold on the sand, and the water is about as cold as it gets down here, but the sun was rising...
  2. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 20 (May 17 - May 23)

    Coming in a bit late on a Wednesday, but here we are. 8km this morning. Had to drop a car off at the mechanic's this morning, so I decided to drive it there at 7am and run home so I could save time. Everything went to plan until later in the morning when I found out that my lovely wife had got...
  3. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 19 (May 10 - May 16)

    Kicking the week off with an easy 6km run on the beach this morning. It was instagram worthy - brilliant red-orange-yellow sunrise in one direction and a rainbow at the other end of the beach, but unfortunately I didn't have a camera with me.
  4. Larry

    Minimal shoes for basketball - any recommendations?

    Hi Folks, I have been playing basketball for a few years in minimal sneakers - Merrell Bare Access first and more recently my trusty old Merrell Road Gloves, but last night I went to put on my RGs and found that the sole had finally worn out on one foot. (As an aside, I ended up playing with...
  5. Larry

    Soon turned out, had a shard of glass

    Sorry for the awful lyric pun, but the song is stuck in my head now thanks to my daughter's tiktok addiction. :) Last week I was jogging along the local street with my almost two year old perched on my shoulders and felt a sting on the very tip of my big toe. I stopped to check, but apart from...
  6. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 40 (Sept 28 - Oct 4)

    Up early for a nice Wednesday morning 8km on the beach today. First run this week because the weather has been perfect for kayaking on the river. My achilles is a bit sore at the moment, I think it is from running around with my one year old son perched up on my shoulders. He's not listening to...
  7. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 35 (Aug 24 - Aug 30)

    Long time no mileage report! 8km this morning, on my usual stretch on the beach. Tried to steal a friend's dog but he wouldn't stay with me.
  8. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 48 (Dec 2 - Dec 8)

    Happy Monday! Second day of summer and it's cold and wet in my neck of the woods. Yes, I understand this is all relative and it is probably much colder and wetter in parts of the northern hemisphere, but I think I have cause for complaint. Come on Summer! Ran 6km on the street, spotted seven...
  9. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 42 ( Oct 14 - Oct 20)

    Happy new week! Tuesday morning here, flat and sleepy 6km on the beach. I kept reminding myself to increase my cadence to try and wake up, but it didn't work all that well. Nice morning though.
  10. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 37 ( Sept 9 - Sept 15)

    Pretty slow start to the week - 4km run this morning with my daughter riding to school, so the first half was a bit stop-start. I wore my minimal runners this morning so I was allowed inside the school gate. :D
  11. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 36 ( Sept 2 - Sept 8)

    Happy Monday everybody! I didn't get much running last week because my little guy isn't sleeping too well and he keeps disrupting my running schedule, but this morning I managed to sneak out for a hasty 5k on the beach before work. It was a super-low tide, so I was running across parts of the...
  12. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 34 ( Aug 19 - Aug 25)

    Kicking off the week on a Monday for a change - 7km on the beach this morning. Very chilly, just under 5 degrees C and a nasty headwind greeting me at the start, so I put my head down and slogged into it for a while before turning around and coming home with a wet sail. Still a bit gravelly...
  13. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 33 ( Aug 12 - Aug 18)

    I've been out of action with a nasty cold for the last week or so, but today I got fed up and decided to see if I could burn the last of it out of my body. Not sure if this is a recommended strategy for those playing along at home. :) 3km on the beach, didn't finish up hacking up a lung at the...
  14. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 30 ( July 22 - July 29)

    Kicking off on a Wednesday, 5km, started on the streets and then came home on the beach. Just a smidgeon under 5 degrees this morning, so I guess that's winter challenge worthy - we've had a few of those mornings lately but at least the wind was light today. Coming home along the beach, and as...
  15. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 29 ( July 15 - July 21)

    Haven't started one of these for a few years. :) 6km on the beach this morning, started well with a pretty yellow moon over the water, but unfortunately turned a bit nasty on the return trip when a German Shepherd got a bit protective and aggressive and ran right in front of me and started...
  16. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 16 (Apr 17-Apr 23)

    Finally back into regular running after I wrecked my ankle last November. You know how people tell you not to jump into water if you can't see the bottom - that's good advice. :) Anyway, I'll kick this one off with 8km along the beach yesterday morning. I'm still not quite there in terms of...
  17. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 44 (Oct 31 - Nov 6)

    Just dropping back in after a bit of time away, mostly due to work craziness and zero spare time, and there's no mileage reporting thread for this week yet! I guess everybody else is busy too. :) I ran 8km on the beach on Tuesday morning, and it was nice. :)
  18. Larry

    Mileage reporting week 14 of 2016

    It's Thursday here, but I can't find a thread for this week. Am I doing it wrong? Anyway, my week to date: Monday - decided to surf instead of running. Went for a look at the beach and the waves were crappy, so I started chatting to a friendly guy I met at the top of the beach steps and...
  19. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 1 of 2016

    Does the week beginning on the 4th count as the 1st week, or the 2nd? I never know. :) Anyway, I did 6km run-walk-run on the beach on Sunday (Yep, cheating here, but I haven't started a thread in ages!). 4 minutes running, 1:20 walking, rinse and repeat.
  20. Larry

    Mileage Reporting Week 27 of 2015

    It's looking very quiet here in MR land. Isn't it summer over there in the northern hemisphere? Some good news for me this week - nearly 4 months after picking up a second met stress fracture. I've spent the last couple of months going through a rehab program with strengthening exercises...