Posted by admin on December 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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 [...]
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Posted by admin on December 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Arse. Arse, arsing arse. Yesterday I managed to injure my back (by having a shower too quickly, seriously), but I still went and did some recumbant bike work. Today, my back was worse, so I went to my Chiropractor (Gemma Bailey, she’s great, go to her at FitzWilliam Health and fix your dodgy backs. Anyway, [...]
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Posted by admin on November 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Another day, another trip to the gym. I wonder if I would have gone to the gym half as much in the last 3 weeks if there wasn’t one in the apartment complex where I live? I suspect not!! I was really tight for time today as we were going to visit friends in Rathvilly [...]
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Posted by admin on November 13, 2009 · 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 [...]
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