DEBBIE MARTIN-CONSANI

OK, Hogmanay it's not until tomorrow, but it's Sunday today so the organises tried to cash in on bigger turn out. It's my first...

Once-upon-a-not-so-long-ago a 16 miler was a very respectable distance for a LSR for me. To my new WHW race buddies, this probably isn...

While the rest of the nation are sitting with their feet up watching their DVD boxsets and demolishing a selection box or two, I've bee...

Or not so clever as the case may be. After a whole day of over-indulgence, I felt more stuffed than the turkey. The only solution was to mee...

There are few offenses more certifiable than a rep session on Christmas morning. I think the back of my head is still burning from all the g...

After a day off yesterday, I was raring to go for the scheduled mile reps. Thought I may struggle, as I was bright-as-a-button at 5am. Unl...

WHW group run: part deux . We met at Milngavie station at 9am. As usual Marco and I were late, so we missed the group photo. Chatted with ...

Sweet lord it's bitter today. Up early to go to the gym. Bit of cycling (4k), bit of arm reps (2k), core work and leg weights. Whilst wa...

Gawd the things you can find on google images ;-) Yes, you've guessed it, it was fartlek tonight. I generally view this as the fairy of ...

It's still over a week to go until Christmas and I feel I need Priory mini-break already. Last week passed in a splurge of over-indulgen...

Garscube's annual Santa race today. It's a just-for-fun 5K ( ish ) course through Bearsden . Well, it's a lighthearted event fo...

Decided to take it easy today. Not for any tactical reason, only because I'm feeling festive and therefore idol. Choose the 10-mile roun...

Tonight's training plan was in danger of going t*ts up, with the on slot of the Editor's Christmas lunch. Basically this is an excus...

As I had a club committee meeting this evening, I had to squeeze in my seven ( ish ) mile tempo beforehand. Decided to give the Knightswood ...

Finally, after two years, I've got my head round this. Basically it's a speed session run in groups. Tonight it was just two people,...

It was time to undo the damage done at the weekend. No party without a punchin', so I did the mile reps round Knightswood Park with Marc...

There's an inspirational tip in this month's Runner's World about ditching the junk miles : Cranking out endless miles won't...

Had a wee bit of a manic day today, so was dying to get out for a run. Don't know if I'm premenstrual or just grumpy, but everyone w...

Switched on the radio on the way home, to hear the weather report: "The wind is going to die down from 50mph to 30mph". Sweet lo...

Tonight's Garscube session was reps round the science park. This may sound quite exciting, but in reality the science park is a busines...

Convinced Marco to go over the Kelvingrove to do the step reps at Park Circus. As previously stated, it's three flights of continuous ...

This week's five speed sessions and early rises have taken it's toll. Up at 6.30am, as I wanted to get my long run early. Marco'...

This deserves a whole section to itself. My darling husband is amazingly supportive, but he comes out with the most wonderful statements. I ...

Got all the gals coming round for lunch today, so I've been up since 6.30 acting like a crazy cooking/cleaning lady. Decided to take a b...

Today was my third day in a row of getting up around 5am. It's getting beyond a joke. Went to the gym on Wednesday and planned on doing ...

Nothing unusual to report...just a hard 5.6mile run with club tonight. It was on my favourite route though - through Bearsden , up Stockiem...

The plan for tonight - route from home, which involves a few briefs stints in total darkness. Following the frustration of trying to run wi...

I have a love-hate relationship with this session. It's a great route, but my lord, it's tough. Let me explain ;-) There's a ste...

I never usually have any trouble on a Monday morning. I'm generally quite annoyingly positive about starting a whole new week, but this...

I'm the first to admit, I have been getting a bit cocky about running of late. Some might say obsessed. But it's the first time I...

A nice hilly six-mile club run through Bearsden . Yippee. More hills. Just what I need after yesterday's session. Moaning aside, I wa...

Opted for lunchtime reps today, as I'm off to a show tonight. In true Glasgow style it's dull and p* shing of rain. I was almost te...

Yep, that's what the Garscube schedule stated. Like every other member, I turned up expecting a 5k time trial. That's what the coac...

A tough 16-miler is the essential prerequisite to an afternoon in the pub. Scotland play Italy today, so we're meeting the crew for a be...

Club run tonight. Shocked to see that the schedule had a hard five run, considering a lot of folks will be running the Glasgow Uni 5-miler ...

Went out at lunchtime and did my usual 7.5 mile route round the west end. Aimed for two miles easy and then tempo. I usually use this rout...

One minute intervals. 4.5mile route from my house through Balloch over the bonhill bridge. Set my watch for one minute alerts (yes, Marc...

Your partner complains about how cranky you are if you miss your training run You have to think of your run schedule to remember what day of...

After weeks of nervous anticipation, I'm glad to say I survived my first WHW training run. I neither want to question my sanity or fak...

I'm off out tonight, so will miss training. Went out to Kelvingrove Park with Marco at lunchtime for some reps instead. There's a ...

Thought I best add some light to my dark back road runs, so I swiped Marcos head torch . If anything, it would be good training for the firs...

As a newly qualified coach, I was in charge of taken out the packs A-E for 1000m reps. I was hoping to wiggle my way out of training tonigh...

Eddie's half-marathon today. Considering my DNF (barely started actually) in Glasgow and my performance in gale force winds in Preston...

Club training tonight. Six mile tempo. Two/three miles steady. Two tempo and one steady. Not a bad wee session. Felt better than I have done...

...and suddenly everythings right. I popped out to post a package this morning, and came back with new gear and new trainers. Don't kno...

Decided to bow out of track session with the club tonight. Don't really see the fun (although I know it's effective) running in circ...

Missed the national cross-country ( woohoo !) as I was busy lunching with the gals. The hell that is my life. Got a bit of a hangover. Gawd,...

I was late for training tonight, thanks to the Consani brothers ;-) In this world there is two time zones: the real time. And Consani time. ...

Did my usual seven-mile tempo run (Bonhill bridge to Dumbarton) and finally broke the one hour barrier. Actually I did 58.30. I don't ...

That's rep across the squinty bridge, not sprinting in diagonal directions. Marco had to pick up his car from the garage, so we didn...