Aug
23
… but it didn’t Today was meant to be a nice easy run – just a three miler after yesterday’s 14 miler and associated fuel tank problem. The idea, as I was on the PT course in Southwark was to knock off there at 5pm and head to Hyde Park for a 6pm meet and [...]
Aug
07
Despite having spent the week moaning about feeling tired and the number of niggles I’m getting, I actually woke up this morning feeling full of beans. It could have had something to do with the fact that I woke up and, instead of going straight out, waited a while until I woke up, had a [...]
Jul
24
So I was up early this morning for a quick five miler as I had to be Bankside gym behind the Tate Gallery where I was being assessed for the first stage of my Personal Trainer Diploma, the Certificate in Gym Instructing. Fitness training in the UK is monitored by the Register of Exercise Professionals [...]
Jul
23
‘They’ – whoever they are – say that exercise is supposed to relieve stress, but it doesn’t feel like it at the moment. I’ve my first practical exam for my PT course tomorrow and have had loads of paper work to fill in over the last few days regarding the programme I’m going to be [...]
Jul
19
There’s a race coming up in two Saturday’s time that I would have loved to take part in: the Adidas TR24. It’s a 24 hour cross country race for teams of up to eight over a 10km course. Basically, you always have to have one of your team running the course over the 24 hours. [...]
Jul
12
After getting some rather sore blisters from doing 13.6 miles into town and back yesterday for my PT course, I got up this morning to add aching legs to the problem and for the first time in a long time, I really couldn’t be bothered. I don’t mean I just didn’t fancy it, I actually [...]
Jul
11
With the bike knackered and most of the trains from Streatham into town down, I decided the only way to get to my personal training class was to run in. It’s about 6.7 miles from here to there so I figured run in in the morning and run back in the afternoon. To do this, [...]
Jul
10
Well it’s too bloody hot for a start but aside from all that, things have been progressively nigglingly horrid for most of the day. As part of my PT course, I’ve been learning about dose-response curves. Basically, this means there is a response every time you give a dose of something. So when you exercise [...]
Jul
08
So I actually passed 1150 yesterday with a 4.2miler but really didn’t have time to put anything on the blog about it so I’ve just updated the figures for yesterday and left it at that. I’ve been feeling a little sluggish since I upped the mileage to five miles a day over the last two [...]
Jul
05
I’d love today’s run to have been half as exciting as yesterdays but sadly, there were no young lads beating the shit out of themselves today. I did allow myself a bit of a lie in though – ha – starting my first run of the week, a 5 miler, at 7am. It was hot [...]
