Spent the day on a course on "Good Laboratory Practice". Not exciting but necessary. And taught by an elderly gentleman who hated PhDs, Researchers and the English ( Read more... )

A raggedy tired Runner Five comes round the corner, crosses an invisible line and slows to a walk. Unravelling herself from earphones and various attachments she finds her phone, stops the mission and checks her distance stats.

9.0 km.

She sighs and walks on dejected, but before long she is singing under her breath:

“One K more….”

"1 k more to ( Read more... )

Today I completed Mission 9, running westwards as the glow faded from the empty sky after a crisp, cold winter’s day. The stars were coming out and the frost tried to steal every breath ( Read more... )

The 8.5 km circuit took less than an hour to run today. So much better than the disaster of last week. Much more like what I was expecting.

It took 2 Zombies Run missions though, which unfortunately means that I am up to the dreaded Mission 9. I don't know what happens in that one (have avoided spoilers by putting my hands in my ears and ( Read more... )