Marathon Training – Day 132

Ok, so despite drinking a football team’s share of vodka on a night out last night, I still got up nicely motivated and ready to go out for my first jog in anger since injuring my shin for the second time a few weeks ago. I was looking online for running plans and on the [...]

Marathon Training – Day 122

So, it probably tells you all you need to know about day 121 of training that I am typing this on my iPhone from the badminton match that is supposed to be today’s training?? It’s now 8.45pm and I have been here since 7 and still haven’t played either of my two matches. So unless [...]

Marathon Training – Day 80

Ryan Phillips Marathon Training – Day 80 – Thursday 14 January 2010 Back to the gym today, and a little bit of gym rage. I’m used to going to the gym in the afternoon, but I got help up yesteday doing stuff so I didn’t get to the gym until just after 6pm and it [...]

Marathon Training – Day 35

I felt pretty good about Monday evening’s training until I got into work today and found out that Tracy does 40 minutes on the cross trainer, as opposed to my rubbish 20 minutes. Now I have to start doing a lot more time there, i can’t let Tracy beat me!! For the record, I did [...]

Marathon Training – Day 30

What is it about weights and exercise that yourr muscles are always moer sore two days after exercising them than the day after. I KIND of get the science, but it’s stil not fair because you’re lulled into a false sense of security when you feel relatively fine the day after exercise, then BAM, the [...]

Marathon Training – Day 26

While I know that technically self praise is no praise, I’m going to go right on ahead and praise myself anyway. Today, I am sore (from squash and swimming yesterday) , bunged up (from my cold) and wornout (from a long week of work when Tracy was out sick), and the last thing I wanted [...]

Marathon Training – Day 19

Another day, another trip to the gym. I wonder if I would have gone to the gym half as much in the last 3 weeks if there wasn’t one in the apartment complex where I live? I suspect not!! I was really tight for time today as we were going to visit friends in Rathvilly [...]