Jul
04
Another day on the personal training course today and another early morning run… Running at just after six am on a Sunday morning is even worse than running at just after six am on a Saturday morning! Anyway, I was pretty shattered when I woke up: a week of increasing my mileage to five miles [...]
Jul
03
Twenty three minutes past 6am is far too early to be out running on a Saturday morning when I should be in bed, but that’s what happened this morning as I had the first practical day on my personal trainer course. When I first woke up, around 4am (yes, thanks again Mini for miaowing louder [...]
Jul
01
Sorry me bad… first July run and don’t have time to write about as I have my first PT exam tomorrow so am cramming the bones, muscles, respiratory system and basic diet stuff. Will report more tomorrow… Click here for a link to Garmin Connect for a route map and details of the run Miles [...]
Jun
29
So another five miles this morning with a gym session in the middle of it all – I’m thinking of coming up with a mini five miles challenge but have not yet decided what form it’s going to take…. I might have more details in the next few days. What was different this morning was [...]
Jun
28
So summer is finally well upon us with temperatures reaching almost 30 degrees for the last couple of days. Its like an oven out there, just in time for me to be trying out an increase in my mileage. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m taking a PT course and one of the first things you [...]
Jun
12
While I’ll approach my distance aim in a couple of weeks time, I still need to complete the second part of the task: to run AT LEAST THREE miles a day, EVERY day for a YEAR. Passing the 100 days to go mark feels as though I’m now on a big count down though and [...]
Jun
10
Despite the recession being officially over, things keep getting a little sadder for those of us who have worked on Fleet St – the Mirror Group announced it was shedding 200 staff as it consolidates traditional printed media with its digital operations. One friend of mine, Roger Love, who left papers a couple of years [...]
