10K

253/365 making friends with the slow cooker

September 10, 2013 By Ellen

This is what the peperonata sauce looked like at first. Later it just looked like sauce. I got the slow cooker out of the cupboard today. I know the food is easy, healthy and delicious. And a slow cooker is an energy efficient way of cooking. Previously I’ve tried and ended up bunging the […]

128/365 Run and park and ride, maybe

May 9, 2013 By Ellen

It’s only three sleeps away now….The Glasgow Women’s 10K is on Sunday. And I’ve just turned my mind to the matter of getting there. Parking at Shields Road and getting the bus looks like the best option. But will it be busy? Will there be space in the car park? Will I have time? What […]

127/365 getting sweaty for spaghetti

May 7, 2013 By Ellen

As the precise transformation into a finely honed 10k runner reaches its final stages, I was found trotting through the streets of Glasgow. Trotting with 50 or so other women in the general direction of a large bowl of pasta. Posted with Blogsy

53/365 My kind of training

February 22, 2013 By Ellen

I took another step towards 10K success today… hence the photo taken from the window table at Tattie’s Bistro in Glasgow’s Otago Street, of course. Over meltingly wonderful cheesy mushrooms on toast, Deb and I discussed the progress of our training. Very good, thank you. And beside me, on the floor, in a bag, in a box, […]

43/365 There’s been a murder…

February 12, 2013 By Ellen

For the title to work they need to be crows.I was out for a morning run, later than normal so dawn had broken when I spotted this sinister gathering. Did you see how I put ‘out for a morning run’ in there like it’s a thing I do. Normally it really isn’t, but Super Sister, Deb […]