74 Days in and not a lot to show except, as of today, some more doctors bills! So, the story so far. Went to doctor. Was sent for routine ECG to be safe before starting proper training. Something unusual showed up on first ECG, got sent for more tests. That’s the very summarised version of… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 57
December 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Back into the gym again for day 57 of Marathon training and more time on the bike and more time on the cross trainer to be had and done. Again, sweat buckets, kept the heart rate up and did some light cardio and weight loss exercise. I was thinking on the cross trainer earlier that… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 40
December 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Woop Woop – I’m back in the game! After 4 days off with a killer cold, I headed back to the gym today. I have to say, it felt great just to do a bit of exercise again. I was planning on upping the time by 5 minutes each on the bike and cross trainer,… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 35
December 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 20
November 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The long and winding road (do do) to your….start line. Sorry, I’m not sure what i was trying for there. My unofficial physio came over to the apartments. I say unofficial, because I haven’t told her that I’m planning on running the marathon and that she has to treat me for free every time I… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 12
November 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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]
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