Jan
05
Well it was certainly cold and windy when I stepped out the door tonight. I don’t mind admitting that I would have cheerfully gone back into the warm. But, instead I decided running was the way forward and to be honest after I got going the wind actually stopped and the air was really still, [...]
Jan
31
It started so well with a 7:20 pace and continued like this for about two and a half miles, feeling quite fine. Then it all went a bit hazy. Genuinely, the world took on a strange soft focus. I think my blood sugar went very low. I found myself struggling to keep going, much like [...]
Sep
27
So after a week off, bar the handover run on Tuesday, it was time to get back on the bike, so to speak yesterday. The Athens Marathon is approaching at the end of October, as is the Royal Parks half marathon in the middle of the month and it’s been a while since I’ve done [...]
Sep
18
A predictably crazy one it was too – at least time wise. We had to be on an 8am train to Shropshire this morning, meaning we had to leave the house at 7am and we hadn’t packed last night either. As a result, it was around 5.20am this morning when I went out to run [...]
Sep
17
… and I’m finally done… One of the last two will be in Shropshire, either tomorrow or Sunday. Laura and I are going up for the weekend, so I can do a story for The Express but we set off early tomorrow morning (we have to leave home at 7am) so I’m not sure whether [...]
Sep
16
Sorry for not writing more yesterday but I’ve had a pretty full on week what with trying to finish off a host of freelance writing projects, having the house in a tip from the builders and painters who’ve been trouncing in and out and also trying to get another, rather large, section of my personal [...]
Sep
13
Up studying late last night, three miles first thing this morning, off to the Bankside gym in Waterloo to do my PT exam… it’s been quite a day. The thing with doing the practical assessment is that you pair up with someone else on the course and then train in each other in a session. [...]
Sep
12
Yes, a week to go and I am now officially starting to go crazy. With so much course work on, I had to skip the long run again today and will have to try and find some time in the week to squeeze an 18miler in. So what did I do today? Three bloody runs [...]
Sep
11
AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Bloody hell. So Monday is my practical assessment for my level 3 personal training award, Wednesday I have a ‘training in alternative environments’ workshop all day and Thursday I have two exams, one in Exercise and Fitness Knowledge, the other in Nutrition. And it feels as though I’m drowning in it all. For Monday’s [...]
Sep
10
I went out this morning with the intention of just doing an easy one and after the first mile decided to blast it… check out the splits on the Garmin link below: I went from 9minutes a mile to less than seven by the end of the run and averaged less than 8minutes a mile [...]
