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I started running in July 2004 to train for my first ever race, the Bristol Half Marathon. Since then I have run for 2 running clubs, I changed clubs with the hope of making some big improvements over the next few years. After trying my hands at virtually every distance from 800m up to half marathon over the course of about 3 years, I've discovered I quite like the shorter stuff.
At the start of 2008, I decided to switch to 800m/1500m and changed my training to target those distances. In my first track season, I managed to get my 800m PB down from 2:16 to 2:09 and 1500m PB from 4:51 to 4:29. I make YouTube videos about running, you can view my channel at youtube.com/craigbridges Show More...
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Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
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2024 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
2024 | 0 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
2024 | 111 | 101 | 70 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 321 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2023 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 65 |
2023 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 5 | 6 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 42.7 |
2023 | 42 | 70 | 54 | 68 | 82 | 67 | 59 | 101 | 44 | 44 | 108 | 75 | 815 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 114 |
2022 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
2022 | 6.5 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 44.4 |
2022 | 79 | 26 | 54 | 41 | 76 | 51 | 41 | 51 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 477 |
2021 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.3 |
2021 | 95 | 109 | 64 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 380 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
2020 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
2020 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2020 | 80 | 98 | 90 | 41 | 73 | 49 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 447 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1 | 1.8 | 21.4 |
2019 | 47 | 14 | 59 | 24 | 70 | 78 | 70 | 67 | 50 | 79 | 44 | 70 | 671 |
2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
2018 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 0 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 19.6 |
2018 | 75 | 44 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 60 | 70 | 101 | 75 | 49 | 81 | 34 | 636 |
2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
2017 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 1.3 | 0 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 44.9 |
2017 | 66 | 106 | 76 | 57 | 73 | 26 | 84 | 104 | 131 | 72 | 67 | 75 | 938 |
2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 |
2016 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 7 | 7.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 52.4 |
2016 | 107 | 96 | 130 | 103 | 88 | 55 | 90 | 92 | 73 | 155 | 114 | 59 | 1161 |
2015 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
2015 | 5.6 | 6 | 6 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 58.9 |
2015 | 92 | 79 | 117 | 139 | 65 | 89 | 66 | 104 | 160 | 107 | 105 | 113 | 1237 |
2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
2014 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 5 | 6.5 | 43.1 |
2014 | 172 | 87 | 110 | 120 | 145 | 122 | 102 | 97 | 123 | 130 | 109 | 77 | 1394 |
2014 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 2.7 |
2013 | 30 | 93 | 148 | 84 | 96 | 95 | 107 | 82 | 72 | 105 | 59 | 135 | 1105 |
2012 | 101 | 141 | 93 | 119 | 62 | 63 | 22 | 38 | 86 | 71 | 30 | 0 | 826 |
2011 | 40 | 76 | 71 | 25 | 21 | 57 | 51 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 383 |
2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2010 | 92 | 116 | 109 | 144 | 97 | 70 | 65 | 94 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 33 | 1050 |
2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
2009 | 161 | 86 | 127 | 99 | 101 | 17 | 85 | 119 | 40 | 81 | 116 | 108 | 1141 |
2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2008 | 191 | 170 | 177 | 175 | 154 | 175 | 160 | 164 | 177 | 156 | 139 | 114 | 1952 |
2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 46 |
2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 |
2007 | 141 | 57 | 48 | 58 | 119 | 119 | 132 | 113 | 113 | 138 | 158 | 164 | 1359 |
2007 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 109 |
2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 |
2006 | 90 | 35 | 53 | 15 | 7 | 33 | 97 | 102 | 73 | 98 | 77 | 115 | 796 |
2006 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 92 | 49 | 37 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 352 |
2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 36 | 55 | 66 | 50 | 62 | 344 |
2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
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Walk along the canal from the catholic church in Bath to Bathampton and back. I have a cold and Becky suggested I focus on walking instead of running for a bit so decided to walk instead of running today. My left hamstring and achilles felt stiff from the start and sore/fatigued after a few miles - just as much or even more so than when I run.
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Slow-steady around 2-mile Waterside estate loop and an extra 3 laps of the playing fields. I haven't run since last Wednesday because of the possible sciatica in my left hamstring plus the cold I still have. It actually felt a lot worse, in fact the worse it's felt so far, despite resting, stretching and and starting the rehab exercises. I probably should have cut it short and kept to 2 miles, because it felt like even just 3 miles was pushing it. Really frustrating, especially as the track season is just around the corner.
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Walking to co-op and then around Waterside Valley while Tyler was at Beavers. It was very wet and muddy/slippery underfoot and it rained/hailed basically the whole time (plus some distance thunder and lightning) and my left hamstring was really grumpy, especially in the last mile or so.
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Team Thie circuits session number 177 and 4 year anniversary. We did 4 sets of each exercise for 20 seconds with 5 seconds rest and no breaks between.
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From Goosard Lane to Greyfield Wood, mini loop and back while Tyler was at a Rocky disco in Welton. The left hamstring felt tight and grumpy from the start (so did the calfs) but it didn't really get any worse by the time I warmed up, so I even decided to add an extra '800m out n back' mile at the end. It was dark, but I only saw 3 people (excluding cars) for the entire run, so that was nice. My cold is still here but getting better and this was a big improvement on the 5km run I did 2 days earlier in terms of how my legs coped.
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Out and back along Colliers Way from Radstock with Eunice (dragging her most of the way!) while Tyler was at gymnastics, had to cut it 10 mins short so we could buy lunch form Subway. Lovely sunny day. Calfs were tight (so were my hip flexors and hamstrings) and sore from yesterdays run.
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Loops around St Johns fields at Bath uni while Tyler and Eunice were at church for Easter Sunday mass. Left hamstring was grumpy from the start and legs just felt stiff and achy... but they didn't really seem to get any worse after about 3 miles, so instead of the planned 5 miles I did an extra mile/2 laps of the field (the main loop was the field plus the path to the rugby field and then back via the road). My cold sis still lingering, plus I only eat breakfast 90 minutes before, which partly explains why the running felt so laboured.
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Out and back along canal from Staverton to New Semington Aquaduct after One Company meeting. Legs didn't feel too bad until about 4 miles in. I had planned a 4/5/6 mile 'loop' depending on how I felt, I decided to go for the 6 because I thought my legs would cope. Left hamstring felt sore and fatigued by the end.
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Did my 'daily tendonitis' exercises to strengthen lower back and thighs followed by some sit-ups, planks, crunches/leg raises, back raises and press ups.
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Out and back along Colliers Way from Radstock, luckily just missed the rain. Both hamstrings felt DOMSy and left was grumpy from the start, but just about held out, although it felt rally tight and strained after doing some Frankenstein swings at half way. It held together to get to the end, but didn't really cope with the run, no sharp pain or anything just feels tight, strained and inflamed. I pushed it to 6 miles because I knew I couldn't run or do any exercise for at least 2 days because of Tyler birthday celebrations.
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10 loops around Haydon Batch. My hamstring was feeling tight/inflamed/aggravated basically from the start, but it didn't really get any worse after a mile or so, only during the last 2 laps that the fatigued and soreness started to get worse. This is the longest run I've done since the tendinitis (or whatever it is) started. I intentionally made it this long (instead of 5/6 miles) to see how may legs/body would cope.
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Usually lower back/glute exercises and then (in sets) 100 press ups, 100 sit ups, 100 back extensions, 100 dips, crunches/leg raises and planks.
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Slow jog and walk around Greyfield Wood to check the status of the bluebells. It was more walking than jogging and I did 8 pull ups on a random tree branch. The ground was very muddy and my legs were still sore/grump from Tuesday's run. My calfs were sore and my hamstring was complaining even with just a few minutes of jogging.
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In sets of 25 or 50: 100 press ups, 100 sit ups, 100 back extensions and 100 dips.
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Exploring the trails around Asham Wood to find a new route for recording a virtual run, also checking the condition of the 'trails'., which were very muddy and the foliage hadn't grown much, so I decided to come back late spring/early summer to record the run. I managed to find that elusive 'lake' in the middle of the woods too. Ran about half of it, but the hamstring was fatigued/sore/grumpy by the end.
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Recording a virtual walk around Rainbow Wood while Eunice/Tyler were at church.
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Walking to Radstock via MSN Park and Greenway and back while Tyler was at theatre.
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Easy run around Haydon batch just before the last (twi)light disappeared - legs and arms were feeling tired. I was generally very tired (and stressed from Eunice) after helping dad fix the toilet - it was leaking, so we spent the afternoon trying to find new pipes for it.
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Team Thie circuits (number 179). 3 sets of 25 seconds with 5 seconds rest -reasonably hard one today, lots of core.
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Discovering/trying out the Vobster section of the route for a new (spring/rapeseed themed) virtual run. The ground was very saturated and muddy in most places, plus it's just not green enough, so my plan is to record the rapeseed part first and a few weeks later record the rest of the run at approx. the same time of the day and with similar weather.
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Recording the first part of the Babington spring virtual run around the rapeseed. This was probably the most frustrating virtual run (segment) I've ever recorded! The sky was modeless clear blue but the few clouds there were kept passing in front of the sun... and then going backwards and passing over again! The fact there was little wind (which was good) meant the clouds moved incredibly slow. I had to wait about 20 minutes before I could start the run and then for about 20-30 minutes 10 minutes in for the clouds to finally clear. I then had to re-record the last section because the sun went behind another cloud!
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