Today we come to the end of our series of favourite / meaningful songs that were chosen for an evening service we did back in January. (There were a few more that were chosen but I can't find video clips or audio for them.)
Today's song is 'All the way my saviour leads me'. I'll let the words speak for themselves.
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Monday, 18 February 2013
Marathon Update - 9 weeks to go
Only 9 weeks to go! We're into single figures which seems too close for comfort, but in reality that's still over two months away (just).
When I wrote last week it had already started to snow and come Monday morning there was a covering of wet snow on the pavements and plenty of slush on the roads. So once again it was on with the Yaktax, so I was able to get in the miles - if not the speed.
By Tuesday the snow had all gone so normal service resumed with the 'cutback' week. I managed to get all the sessions in, although due to a dodgy stomach wasn't able to get the 9 miles at 8:30 min/mile pace and the 12 miles at 9:30 m/m in on consecutive days as planed. Instead I had to take a day in-between, but then ran them both quicker than planned so hopefully that will make up for it. Wednesday's session which had a planned section of 3 miles in 21 mins - I managed 21:09 which is quicker than I've done for a while so that's promising.
This coming week should contain a couple of faster sessions - which I don't really enjoy. One is 3 lots of 1 mile in 6:45 and the other contains a middle 4 miles in 28:00 or 7 m/m. I was watching Mo Farah on Saturday running 3000m in 7:42 - that's 1.86 miles - so a pace of 4:08 m/m. I can't even do that for 200m and this was an comfortable race! Just had a look back at some of last year's sessions and found an interval session with a 200m in 42s - so that's 5:37 m/m pace. With the news this week that Mo Farah is going to run the London Marathon - I guess he won't need to worry about me!
The main session this week is of course the long run - which this week will be up to 19 miles. Then it will be 20 miles the following week. After that, in terms of long runs, there will just be two more 20 milers before the 26.2 on April 21.
I'm running for Christian Aid and you can sponsor me at www.virginmoneygiving.com/keithtarring
When I wrote last week it had already started to snow and come Monday morning there was a covering of wet snow on the pavements and plenty of slush on the roads. So once again it was on with the Yaktax, so I was able to get in the miles - if not the speed.
By Tuesday the snow had all gone so normal service resumed with the 'cutback' week. I managed to get all the sessions in, although due to a dodgy stomach wasn't able to get the 9 miles at 8:30 min/mile pace and the 12 miles at 9:30 m/m in on consecutive days as planed. Instead I had to take a day in-between, but then ran them both quicker than planned so hopefully that will make up for it. Wednesday's session which had a planned section of 3 miles in 21 mins - I managed 21:09 which is quicker than I've done for a while so that's promising.
This coming week should contain a couple of faster sessions - which I don't really enjoy. One is 3 lots of 1 mile in 6:45 and the other contains a middle 4 miles in 28:00 or 7 m/m. I was watching Mo Farah on Saturday running 3000m in 7:42 - that's 1.86 miles - so a pace of 4:08 m/m. I can't even do that for 200m and this was an comfortable race! Just had a look back at some of last year's sessions and found an interval session with a 200m in 42s - so that's 5:37 m/m pace. With the news this week that Mo Farah is going to run the London Marathon - I guess he won't need to worry about me!
The main session this week is of course the long run - which this week will be up to 19 miles. Then it will be 20 miles the following week. After that, in terms of long runs, there will just be two more 20 milers before the 26.2 on April 21.
I'm running for Christian Aid and you can sponsor me at www.virginmoneygiving.com/keithtarring
Saturday, 16 February 2013
The Real Easter Egg
Just in case you're starting to think about buying Easter Eggs - now that you've given up chocolate for Lent you can think of little else...
To find out more, including details of what you get in the box visit www.realeasteregg.co.uk
To find out more, including details of what you get in the box visit www.realeasteregg.co.uk
Thursday, 14 February 2013
Investing in Coffee
Each Thursday between now and the middle of April I'm posting something from Christian Aid about the work that they are involved in around the world. A lot of their work, as you'll see from today's slide show, involves working with smaller organisations and charities that are based much closer to the poorest communities that Christian Aid seeks to help. In this way resources are much more likely to benefit those they were intended for.
Captain America actress Hayley Atwell, travelled with Christian Aid to Nicaragua, the second poorest country in the western hemisphere. She saw how coffee cooperative 'Soppexcca', part-funded by the charity, is investing profits from its Fairtrade organic coffee to help build its children a better future.
On 21 April I'm running the London Marathon to raise £2000 for Christian Aid. You can help by sponsoring me at www.virginmoneygiving.com/keithtarring
Captain America actress Hayley Atwell, travelled with Christian Aid to Nicaragua, the second poorest country in the western hemisphere. She saw how coffee cooperative 'Soppexcca', part-funded by the charity, is investing profits from its Fairtrade organic coffee to help build its children a better future.
On 21 April I'm running the London Marathon to raise £2000 for Christian Aid. You can help by sponsoring me at www.virginmoneygiving.com/keithtarring
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