Day 272 - Broken cloud, breeze, cool, damp. A reluctant recovery run after yesterday's marathon but loosened off after a mile. Wilbur dog was pleased to get out! #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Sunny, breeze, mild, damp. Angus stuck in for his first marathon days after poisoning himself with his own undercooked chicken & 3 nights of vomit. 10 min. toilet stop screwed his rhythm but determination brought him to the finish line in brutal fashion. Proud dad! #running #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 270 - Cloudy, windy, mild, dry. A very hungover parkrun in the Highlands which ended being ordinarily hungover. Flat, thin track out along a pier and back again. My son's plague turns out to be self inflicted food poisoning from undercooked chicken. Eejit! #running #runningpunks #runsky #5kaday

Day 269 - Broken cloud, breezy, mild, damp. A very lethargic Wilbur dog this morning made for a crawl. Made me feel tired going so leisurely. Hoping my son hasn't picked up a cold before his first marathon on Sunday as he's complaining that he's got plague. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 268 - Broken cloud, breeze, cool, damp. Steady away with a slow Wilbur dog plod before heading to the bairn's new home and some painting. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 267 - Broken cloud, calm, cool, damp. A relaxed run with the Wilbur dog pudding, chilled as ever on a dew dropped morning. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 266 - Cloudy, breeze, cool, dry. Stretching the legs on a fresh morning. Ran past a long dead badger that looked like it'd melted! #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 265 - Sun, breezy, cool, dry. An astronomical first day of Autumn spin with Wilbur dog on the equinox. Cold wind this morning with temp. in single figures at 8°C. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 264 - Broken cloud, breezy, mild, damp. A steady and managed run with my son at planned pace around 10:15min/mile. Keeping it steady is easier said than done. Primary target is to finish the Loch Ness marathon next Sunday; secondary target is sub 4h30m. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 263 - Broken cloud, breeze, mild, damp. A disciplined recovery pace #parkrun without a care in the world on a fresh morning. Here's wishing you all the same 🍻 #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 262 - Cloudy, calm, mild, damp. A mind clearing threshold run on a fresh day made for running with no concerning niggles that have been playing on my mind. Stopped for a 10 minute chat about small business accounting. Not very rock 'n' roll. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 261 - Sun, wind, mild, dry. A run replaced with recovery after a late night and last minute 6 hour round trip with Poppy to see #Yaelorke in Edinburgh. Bagged herself an autographed set list with her hand made outfit. Delighted! #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 260 - Cloud, breeze, mild, damp. Slightly tender Wilbur dog recovery pootle with aggravated groin, hamstring and calf; all in the right leg. Nothing serious but enough to be a concern. Central heating is officially back on. Summer is a memory. Adieu! #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 259 - Sun, strong wind, mild, dry. Though morning being pulled and pushed around the track by the wind. Track sessions automatically set in metres rather than seconds. Effort #7 set off too early with an accidental lap click. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 258 - Cloud, calm, mild, wet. Wilbur dog paced recovery run through the puddles. Not sure of the words to describe finding plastic flowers in the middle of the countryside. It feels a bit like using social media to keep up with the news. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Love this map! 908 @slowwaysuk.bsky.social routes that have been checked by two people and need just one more good review to become verified 🐌✅ Close to any? Could you be tempted to bag one or two? beta.slowways.org/user/waylist... #SlowWays

Day 257 - Broken cloud, calm, mild, damp. A nippy lap around the park in place of the usual long run. I love a taper but my legs start to itch. The bairn's on shift this morning so going out later. He could use the miles so long as he takes it easy! #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 256 - Cloud, breezy, mild, wet. A relaxed recovery day #parkrun between the rain showers. Struggling to accept being overtaken so the recovery pace was a bit erratic! #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 255 - Cloud, windy, mild, damp. A steady outing turned up the pace after a mile or so. No idea why the planned session went out the window but it felt good to rebel and open up. Bit stupid but hopefully no harm done. Last chance before tapering. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 254 - Sunny, windy, mild, damp. A quicker blast around the park with stiff headwind back home. The weather acting angelic after a night of roof testing wind and driving rain. Fickle bism. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 253 - Cloudy, windy, mild, dry. Blown about on a Wilbur dog dawdle who stopped a lot today. Ate some brambles, dog got a dip, found an old horseshoe. Not a bad start to the day but felt done from yesterday's intervals & squats. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 252 - Sun, stiff breeze, mild, dry. Disjointed interval session which was 8x 1min hard, 3min recovery becoming 200m hard, 400m recovery selecting track run. Confusing new watch thing? Tried watch speaker music which was odd, bit tinny but easily audible. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 251 - Broken cloud, breeze, warm, dry. A gentle Wilbur waddle in the fine weather. Caught the village swans heading off on an adventure. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Comparison of #Garmin FR255 Music (Coros arm HR monitor) stopped 3 mins late (doh!) & FR970 (wrist HR) from raw fit files using fitvfit.app. FR970 upgraded with amoled touch screen, wrist torch, mic&speaker & some metric enhancements. Worth the extra £££ for toys/future updates? You decide. #running

Day 250 - Broken cloud, windy, mild, dry. Comfortable training run with Angus (his Z3 for most part) in to the wind on the way out, at our back coming home. Stopped for a handful of brambles. Winding up for Loch Ness. New watch! Data comparison to follow... #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 249 - Sunny, blustery, mild, dry. A pre #parkrun volunteering day run. Barcode scanning today. Gorgeous morning for it down by the river. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 248 - Sunny, blustery, warm, dry. A leg stretcher on the track to take a break from the road and hills. Steady session showing fatigue over time. Wore the go faster shoes in prep for Loch Ness, even if I won't be going faster. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 247 - Sunny, breeze, mild, dry. A Wilbur dog dawdle on a lovely morning with the leaves falling like snow. Accidentally on purpose bought myself a 'new' #garmin FR970 as an FR255 upgrade, which has been a great watch but will be on eBay soon. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 246 - Overcast, breezy, mild, damp. A fun top end HR base run closer to tempo pace after a lot of easier miles recently. Leaves are rolling out the Autumn carpet while I disguise myself as a Smurf. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 245 - Broken cloud, breezy, warm, damp. A reluctant run today. Scheduled sprint intervals out the window with tender adductors and fatigue once I got outdoors. Did a dogless recovery session instead & stopped to snack on the brambles. Much tastier! #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 244 - Rain, wind, mild, wet. A weary Wilbur dog recovery run after yesterday's long one. Still, another month of at least #5kaday 🎉 with 205 August miles and 1397 miles in the legs so far this year. Having dark thoughts of trying for 500 days rather than a year. #running #runsky #runningpunks

Day 243 - Broken cloud, windy, warm, dry. A relaxed run for me while my son Angus put in his longest run to date. He coped well but tightened up over the last few miles with a stiff headwind in quite a few places. Heading towards Loch Ness Marathon taper time! #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 242 - Sunny, breeze, warm, dry. A gentle #parkrun leg stretch trying to keep the pace down but not too well. Lovely morning. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 241 - Sunny, breeze, warm, dry. A steady run with mild adductor (L) strain up the hill. Got stopped for 5 minutes to help a lass with her leaky car which turned out to be trapped rain water. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 240 - Sunny, stiff breeze, warm, dry. Steady wander by the fields on an unexpectedly warm morning. Managing the miles while my adductor strain recovers. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 239 - Sunny, breezy, warm, dry. A sweaty 10k loop with the shirt off. Don't think I scared the horses. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 238 - Broken cloud, breeze, warm, dry. A gentle Wilbur dog recovery plod nursing mild groin strain on a warm morning full of 'country air' as fields are fertilized. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 237 - Sunny, breeze, warm, dry. A Wilbur dog waddle with a stop to chat to the lairdie. Got permission to pick chanterelles from his woods. Not as much fun as scrumping but will stop his daughter nipping my ear. UK Bank holiday, hot & sunny; unheard of! #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 236 - Broken cloud, breeze, warm, dry. An unexpectedly tough run. Went out without a care to enjoy the weather and came home with the feeling of a bag of cement on my back! Though I did get close up and personal with a heron & camera shy shrew this morning. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 235 - Sunny, calm, mild, dry. A steady #parkrun with warmup & cooldown keeping HR in check 'til the last hill. Day warming up nicely on a bright morning. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 234 - Cloudy, calm, mild, dry. A chilled out recovery plod with Wilbur dog after swapping out a threshold session as I'm a bit goosed. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 233 - Cloudy, breeze, mild, dry. A gentle Wilbur dog dawdle on a cooler day. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 232 - Cloudy, breeze, mild, dry. A leggy long run along a section of the old railway, bang on target HR but fading a bit. Feeling a bit cooler in the air on a run I didn't fancy at all getting up. Both the run and I are now done! #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 231 - Cloudy, stiff breeze, warm, dry. A sore interval session where I struggled to get going. Stiff backstraight headwind. Bit humbling to think my top speed isn't even within a minute a mile of Olympic 1600m pace 😳 #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 230 - Overcast, calm, mild, dry. A slow burning Wilbur dog plod to the river. Autumn is in the air. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 229 - Sunny, breeze, warm, dry. A steady run pacing my bairn on a ½ marathon training 'race'. Awesome run by him, suffering through the last mile especially. Got his PB though (2:04:18) 🎉 May squeeze him home under 4½ hrs with 6 weeks 'til Loch Ness. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 228 - Cloudy, breeze, mild, dry. A pre #parkrun volunteer timekeeper run along the riverbanks. Cooler morning but humid after the thunderstorms. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 227 - Cloudy, stiff breeze, warm, dry. A welcome strong threshold session after weeks of fatigue. First shades of autumn in the leaves. Anyone noticed the #Garmin Connect updates? Colour coded HR graph. Fine 0.1 VO²max graph divisions. Have I missed any? #running #runningpunks #runsky #5kaday

Day 226 - Sunny, calm, hot, dry. Gentle Wilbur waddle with a long dog dip in the river. Tested Coros arm HR monitor; seems responsive & accurate. Bluetooth not ANT+. No chest strap rub but lost respiration rate. New Garmin Connect colour coded HR graph plot. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday

Day 225 - Broken cloud, breezy, hot, dry. A jaunt around the back roads, covered in hills (380m). Close to target HR but I need a bit more strength training. Tender core/groin to finish. #running #runsky #runningpunks #5kaday