Feb
11
Very excited yesterday to find out Disney actually hosts a marathon around Walt Disney World in Orlando every January that runs through the four parks – I’ve already put my name down to come back next year and run it. This morning’s run was another dark one as we have another early start but I [...]
Feb
09
I set out a little later today than yesterday and could actually see where I was running to! Our hotel, the Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World looks over Bay Lake which joins with neighbouring Seven Seas Lagoon (where we zipped around on Sea Raycers yesterday, see Worldofjames.com) and there’s a path that leads someway [...]
Feb
08
Absolutely gutted that thanks to jetlag I missed the shuttle launch at 4.15 am this morning here in Orlando. The shuttle launch pad could be seen from my room in the Disneyworld Contemporary Resort in the dark night sky and a combination of the excitement of seeing it and jetlag saw me waking up every [...]
Feb
06
Today is day 140 – just the 225 to go! – and I’m upping my running distance at weekends in anticipation of the Brighton Marathon in April and starting to break new territory by running further than I ever have before. Normally my long run would be on a Sunday but even I’m not mad [...]
Jan
27
I got up this morning, saw the frost on the top of the car and the water the cleaner through out yesterday frozen and knew it was a day for pulling the tights and long sleeves back on. It seems though, however much Vaseline I put on to stop chafing, there is one seem on [...]
Jan
26
A bit of a rude awakening this morning… I woke up expecting to do an easy three miler, only to find my program had me down for four miles of fartlek training with a one mile warm up and another cool down. This was my first fartlek session and for anyone who doesn’t know how [...]
Jan
25
For the last three weeks I’ve been in a bit of a rut mentally… Whether it’s post wedding/honeymoon blues or whether I’m a bit blue at missing out on the job I was interviewed for at a leading paper, I’m not sure but nonetheless, I’ve been out of sorts. But this morning I woke up [...]
Jan
24
My training for Brighton today involved warming up for a mile, running six miles at race pace and cooling down for a mile – all well and good except it was done on the back of my being out in town last night to celebrate Leeds’ fantastic 2-2 draw away at Tottenham. Reluctantly, I dragged [...]
Jan
24
A run at Virgin Active – nothing special to report! Click here for full details of the day’s run armin Connect – Activity Details for Untitled Miles today: 3.11 Target: 378 Miles to date: 467.32 Want to dedicate a run to someone or have one dedicated to you? Click here
Jan
22
After yesterday’s run I went to Fitness First in Embankment to see a friend of mine, Roger Love. Roger was made redundant from the Daily Mail last year and used part of his pay off to re-train himself as a personal trainer (www.rogerlove.co.uk) – and after doing an hour with him, I can vouch that [...]
