Running and Fitness Blog by Neil Lock

Audiofuel Review

A few months ago I purchased the Long session Audiofuel track to use during my marathon training. I really liked the idea and think it worked pretty well. I actually used the track on my Silverstone Half and achieved a PB. The concept is simple, using tracks with different bpm the pace can be altered [...]

Running by the beach

Last week I was fortunate to get a break from work and we headed away for our first (last minute) break of the school summer holiday. We were off to Andalusia, in particular Marina Duquesa, a resort on the Spanish coast near to Gibraltar. It was to be a chilled holiday with few excursions booked [...]

iPhone Micoach initial review

Keen to actually try this out and see how well it worked I went out for a gentle ‘recovery’ 4 mile loop during my lunch break. After the weekend race my legs were in no fit state to try the coaching sessions so I put it to free mode and started my Garmin. How would [...]

The 2010 Adidas Thunder Run 24

I’m going to start this post with what would normally be a conclusion but I wanted to ensure you all got the point before getting bored and leaving! The Adidas Thunder Run 24 is a team relay lasting 24 hours with laps of 10km. This weekend was possibly one of the most enjoyable running experiences [...]

Adidas MiCoach for the iPhone/Blackberry

First of all before even using the tool I have to say well done Adidas – you got there first before Nike and Garmin and from the screenshots and initial load it looks good. Let’s hope it works well, if not you’ve still got a bit more time but I’m sure the competition will soon [...]

A lazy week (or so it seemed)…

As I write this post it feels like my week has been relatively quiet Having missed out on a long run last weekend and most likely will again this week I have had a relatively low mileage month-as the stats box on the right shows! However, whilst I haven’t done any long runs I have [...]

The PoppyWalk 18th July 2010

I don’t often do this but this one seemed like it was for a good cause and would be a nice shout out for them – also im in a generous mood today! Sadly I can’t be around to go and do it as I’m off fishing, and if i wasn’t prebooked to go fishing [...]

Going for gold at the olympic park…

A very short blog post today as I’m about to dash out of the door and go fishing On Wednesday evening I did the perimeter run of the 2012 Olympic site. This time I had the pleasure of company from two colleagues, who both trained (and completed!) this years London Marathon and since then have [...]

2010 Dartford Half Marathon

I had always intended on doing a long run this weekend as it’s been a good couple of weeks since the last one. I was undecided whether to do first thing Saturday or Sunday and ironically my laziness on Saturday turned out to be useful! On Saturday afternoon I was over at Laura’s parents in [...]

Midweek Serpies Run

It’s been another poor week of running this week. That’s almost 2 back to back weeks with very little distance in my legs. Poor discipline is what I put it down to, that combined with spending time doing other sports in the gym. As usual Monday was spin day, a real toughy this week. Jon [...]