Fully Charged – Monday 15 March 2010

Hellos to you! Tomorrow is our last day in work this week, because we’re on Hollidays. I’m just saying. So like, you know the way you’re all depressed and stuff because today is Monday? Well, it’s our Thursday. And tommorrow is our Friday. It’s just a small point. Worth mentioning though I feel….ANYWAY….. ON THE… [Continue Reading]

A walk up Djouce with a borrowed dog!

Today myself and Orla went and got our pretend dog (it’s really her parent’s, but we borrow it at the weekend when we go for walks, a win-win for all concerned) Tara and headed up to Djouce mountain in Wicklow for a walk. We took a little bit longer than we should have to get… [Continue Reading]

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… [Continue Reading]

Marathon Training – Day 76

I spent most of this afternoon looking at the Rat Calendar Tracy got me for Christmas (long story) and drawing up a training plan for the next few months for running/jogging. There’s a load of websites out there with training plans and schedules so I just picked 1 at random and decided to go with… [Continue Reading]

Marathon Training – Day 74

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]

Interview – Bill Cullen

Today I met Bill Cullen from the Irish version of the apprentice and had a chat about all things apprentice (and otherwise). Since Tracy was still out sick, I was flying solo and was a little bit nervous. When you see him on the tele, he seems very intimidating, but in real life he’s not… [Continue Reading]

Marathon Training – Day 10

Thursday 5 November 2009 Well, it was always likely to happen, and today it did!! I fell off the training wagon. I had taken last Sunday off, and justified it as a day of rest. That’s fine, that’s allowed. Tonight, I let bad form get the better of me, and I did no training. It… [Continue Reading]