Smashed it (as some of the judges on the X Factor might have said!) in training today. Spent a full 45 minutes on the cross trainer varying the speed and the resistance. Shed a whopping 715 calories in the meantime and felt absolutely great after it. There’s a lot to be said for the great… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 40
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
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
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 19
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… [Continue Reading]


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