DEBBIE MARTIN-CONSANI

Got my new Forerunner 205 today. It's been less than a week, but I've really missed it. Now before I completely diss the Forerunner ...

Got up bright and early to get to the gym before work. Nothing too strenuous, just 15 minutes on the bike, some core work and leg weights. ...

After two days of struggling with stairs, it was time to bite the bullet and get my trainers on. Sorry for the lack of blogging, Jill, but m...

The first training in November brought torrential rain and gale force winds. December's run was on an ice-rink in sub-zero temperatures....

Up at 6am to get my miles in, as I'm off to Manchester today. I've never been one for early morning runs. I always find them quite t...

News from the Skins camp: I think they actually might work. OK, maybe just help the ol ' muscles. My legs felt fine after Sunday's r...

The lack of exertion in yesterday's x-swamp race meant that my legs were fine 'n' dandy for today's long-run. Realising tha...

Completed my first real cross-country today. I know I did the west-districts back in September, but that was a kid-on one. More like a tra...

I had a game of tug 'n' war with myself as to whether to go to training tonight. My legs felt OK, but the rest of me was screaming f...

Meeting up with the WHW folks tonight, so I had to venture out at lunchtime for my Wednesday tempo run. 8-miles on the cards. Although it w...

Marco had to practically drag me out of the car kicking and screaming . I was cream- crackered . I tried every trick in the book to get hi...

From one extreme to another, I swapped the mud and stormy weather for the comfort of an indoor track. It's cheating, I know. But hey, ...

After the success of yesterday's race, Marco and I went to a pal's house for dinner. Lack of communication on who was drinking and w...

Jack Crawford 10K: A reputable event within the Scottish road race calendar. I say this with tongue firmly in cheek. I vaguely remember runn...

Booked myself in for a sports massage with (the lovely, but brutal) Christine at Achilles Hill. The word massage my conjure up perceptions ...

Switched the radio this morning to hear: "Winds of up to 90mph have caused chaos all over Scotland. Thousands of homes are without powe...

It's fartlek tonight. And lets face it, fartlek is the fairy of all speed sessions. Swedish for speed play and Scottish for dossing ...

Finally got round to toting up the miles in my training diary...and the grand total for 2007 was 1653.7 ( approximately !?). The most I ran ...

You know you're in Scotland when you can go from grey skies with torrential rain, to glorious sunshine, sleet showers and, of course, th...

Feel like a proper grown-up, as I managed to sleep past 9am this morning. That's probably the latest since my student days. I think the ...

Dragged myself back to the gym at lunchtime today. I bet in every city across the world, the gyms will be jammed-packed and buzzing. Full of...

After a very mild few days the temperatures have now dropped. Scotland is in for a cold snap and snow is on it's on way. I was holding ...

Good riddens 2007! After an injury-plagued and unmotivated year, my only real achievement was the Devil o' the Highlands and one who...

Marco and I are staying in Glencoe for New Year and suffering slightly after a night in the Clachaig Inn. After copious amounts of beer an...

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...