So, Monday the first of March. Since I always start things I have to try hard at (like healthy eating or going to the gym, or in this case both) and since I always feel more motivated at the start of a new month for some reason, the fates seemed to be telling me today… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Days 53 to 55
December 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Well, this is very depressing. I had hoped I wouldn’t get to the day quite so soon where I’d write a three-for-one blog post about my marathon training, but since the results are the same for each day, I’ll have to just say I did no training for the last 3 days. Things just got… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 39
December 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This being sick thing is rubbish! This is the 4th day in a row that I have got no training done. It’s funny, I can spend 13 years not exercising without getting too animated about the whole affair, but now I’m getting really antsy after 4 days of not doing any proper exercise. I’ve decided… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 16
November 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Forget what I said yesterday about badminton matches not being good enough fitness training. Tonight my team had another badminton match, and I was run ragged and wrecked at the end. Job well done. Sadly, again it wasn’t good news for our team. We lost again, this time 6-2. It’s fairly frustrating, because we’re not… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 14
November 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Not one for amatuer dramatics, obviously, but I heard on the news this morning that people who yo-yo diet experience similar chemical reactions in their brains to those of alcoholics and drugs users when they go clean and then go back on the substance of abuse. I bring this up in the context of my… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 13
November 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Sunday 8 November 2009 Today Orla and I ventured to Marley Park for our first joint exercise (sexercise excluded, obviously) of a job in the park. Last night we ended up staying in for a quiet night watching the X-Factor. 3 and a half bottles of wine later, and we’ve both been in better shape… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 3
November 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
If it’s possible to tell how much exercise you’ve done from the smell of your T-Shirt 8 hours after the exercise (and I believe it is) then today was a very successful, if particularlty smelly, day. Firstly, I got through 24 Hours without having a custard cream, which I’ve you read Days 1 & 2… [Continue Reading]
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