Still sick. This is rubbish!! No way I could go to the gym today, was too busy blowing my nose to even think about it. However, the badminton team couldn’t find anyone to sub for me at the last minute, so I had to go out to Lucan and play 2 badminton matches. We lost… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 31
November 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Disaster. Unmitigated, total and utter disaster. I could just leave it there to be honest. Today’s training was a badminton match. It was against an Aer Lingus team, and we lost. Again. And worse, I played horrifically badly. Like awful. Each match I play a mens doubles and a mixed doubles. Both matches went to… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 22
November 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Today’s training was absolute pants. I didnt do any gym work or swimming so i was just relying on badminton for all my physical workout, and except for an epic halfcourt singles knockup, it would have been a complete waste of time to be honest. I played 2 games of mixed doubles with my partner,… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 15
November 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
First badminton match of the season for us today (having had 2 matches cancelled already) so I was hoping for a good runaround sufficient to tick my exercise boxes for today. I remember my competitive badminton days as being among the fittest I have ever been. Some matches were absolutely epic affairs that had you… [Continue Reading]
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