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
05
I decided to leave the long run today… legs were hurting too much and I have too much to do. On the one hand, I’ve loads of revision to do, on the other two articles to write, and on a third, if there is one, loads of stuff to do before the painters and decorators [...]
Aug
09
A particularly bad run this morning where for the first time ever, the First Rule of Running Club failed. For those of you who have missed any related posts, the First Rule of Running Club was devised by my pal David. The First Rule of Running Club dictates that you must got for a number [...]
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
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 [...]
Jun
27
So I know it’s not much of another milestone, given I passed my 1095 mile target just yesterday but today’s run took me past 1,100 miles so far. With the weather so warm, I’ve decided on gym days I’m going to split my run: run up to the gym, do some weights and run back…. [...]
Jun
14
I was back in the gym for today’s run – once again I’ve left any strength conditioning to one side and feel bad about it. And once again, I’ve vowed to start going a couple of times a week again. I keep an old pair of iPhone headphones at the gym that go into a [...]
May
16
This morning I decided to run at the gym so I could get a weight session in afterward. To measure runs on treadmills accurately and prove I’ve done the run, I’ve bought a Garmin Foot Pod that links to my GPS enabled watch. Normally when I run outdoors, the GPS links to a satellite and [...]
May
04
Hm, so yesterday’s gym session has left me a little sore… most of all in my chest from bench presses and in my upper thighs from squatting. Each arm stroke when running today saw a little tightness around the chest – in that weird pleasure-pain way, where it hurts but feels good. Great day for [...]
