Marathon Training – Day 12

Saturday 7 November 2009 I”ve been at this training lark for nearly 2 weeks now, and I’m feeling really good about myself and my progress, which I’m describing as very slow, but steady. I told my friend Deirdre the other day that I was going to run the marathon next year, and she laughed, which… [Continue Reading]

Marathon Training – Day 8

Tuesday 8 November Today’s training was just a badminton session, and it didn’t go well. I play for the Trinity badminton club, and we have a match next week, so we were practising for that. Unfortunately not all the team turned up, so it was a reduced number of players and games. In an hour… [Continue Reading]

Marathon Training – Day 2

Well, improving on yesterday’s fairly shambolic offering, I have actually done some exercise today. Now, I know I’m not training for a triathalon, so techincally there’s no reason for me to be swimming as part of my training, but nonetheless, that’s what I did. My logic (yes there is some there) is that the marathon… [Continue Reading]