Marathon Training – Day 126

So, Monday the first of March. Since I always start things I have to try hard at (like healthy eating or going to the gym, or in this case both) and since I always feel more motivated at the start of a new month for some reason, the fates seemed to be telling me today [...]

Marathon Training – Day 83

Today I remembered why I shouldn’t drink, because it inevitably arses up all your plans and loses precious time! I was supposed to be going for a 4 mile jog this afternoon. Instead I had to (well, perhaps “had” to is a bit strong) go back to bed and get some sleep. I was on [...]

Marathon Training – Days 68 & 69

Since I’m still off training for a few days until I get to speak to my doctor, there’s not a whole heap to say about training for the last few days. It’s been snowing and icy in Dublin, so it wasn’t even possible to go out for a decent walk or anything. All I have [...]

Marathon Training – Day 65

Since I’m still in limbo on whether my heart is actually up to (a) running a marathon, or (b) doing anything at all, I decided to assume that it was going to be fine, but not push my look. SO, I did what any sensible man in my position would do. I bought these….
I finally [...]

Marathon Training – Day 62

Man, I have eaten so much crap and junk food over the last 3 days it’s disgusting. What a lovely few days Christmas was, but as usual (well, usual now, not previousl), after 4 days of no exercise I was getting really fidgety, so I drove back to the apartment and did 40 minutes on [...]

Marathon Training – Day 59

Day 59 of Marathon Training was Christmas Eve. Despite the best will in the world, there was soo much to do today (last minute shopping, including buying an iphone for myself, which I totally deserve) that I didn’t make it to the gym at all.
To be honest, the message I got from the Doctor yesterday [...]

Marathon Training – Day 58 – My Dodgy Heart (Part 1)

Today was an absolutely manic day (as you might expect in the run up to Christmas) (Day 58 was 23 December FYI) and I went straight from the radio show, to the house, to lunch with my friends Adam and Mary, to up town last minute Christmas shopping to home to Orla to veg night [...]

Marathon Training – Day 57

Back into the gym again for day 57 of Marathon training and more time on the bike and more time on the cross trainer to be had and done. Again, sweat buckets, kept the heart rate up and did some light cardio and weight loss exercise.
I was thinking on the cross trainer earlier that I’m [...]

Marathon Training – Day 50

I injured my back on Sunday, and was told by Gemma (my Chiropractor) not to go to the gym yesterday. Today, in all honesty, my back was pretty much fine. My form however, not so fine! I just had a complete pig of a day and couldn’t motivate myself to go to the gym [...]

Marathon Training – Day 43

40 minutes, 2828 strides and 630.2 calories later and I’m done. That’s enough exercise for today for me thank you very much. Sometimes it’s hard to put into words how much you dislike something. I used to have that problem with the cross trainer, but now I’m actually starting to quite like the thing! They [...]

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