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… [Continue Reading]

Marathon Training – Day 82

Ryan Phillips – Marathon Training for the Dublin City Marathon 2010 – Day 82 – Saturday 16 January 2010 After a rest day yesterday, it was back to the threadmill today. I know I’m not supposed to be on the threadmill at all, because I should really be in grass when I’m starting out in… [Continue Reading]

Marathon Training – Day 78

Day two of the 10km training plan (which seems me up to 10km standard and pace in 11 weeks, or so it says) called for a 3 mile jog to follow up on the 4 mile run on Sunday. There was more snow today, so everywhere public was still a bit ifffy and hard to… [Continue Reading]

Marathon Training – Day 56

As you might have seen from my entry the other day, the last 3 days were not at all good. So for Day 56 I hit the cross trainer and spent 40 minutes sweating and panting away 635 calories. There was some big rugby dude that kept catching my eye while I was training and… [Continue Reading]

Marathon Training – Day 13

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]

Welcome

Hi, I’m Ryan Phillips, DJ on Spin1038 in Dublin Ireland. But I probably contacted most of the people reading this myself, so you guys already know that right? For anyone who doesn’t you can find out more about me by clicking on the About Me tab on the top right of this page. The main… [Continue Reading]