Marathon Training – Day 120
So today I was a little (but not a lot, thankfully) sore after the run yesterday. I decided not to do anything in the gym because I wa going back to badminton training for the first time since I injured my shin. I hadn’t actually played since before Christmas so I was looking forward to [...]
Marathon Training – Day 85
Being injured sucks balls. I don’t know whether it’s a bit stupid of me, but I’m not going to the doctor about the shin splints issues. I’m sure that that’s what it is, so I’m a bit reluctant to pay €65 to be told that. Also, I’ve two friends who are physicos and a sister [...]
Marathon Training – Day 81
Ryan Phillips – Marathon Training – Day 81 – Friday 15 January 2010
Today was another day off from Marathon Training. Or, as I should properly call it, a rest day. Having done the 3 mile jog on the threadmill yesterday, my legs are a bit tired, but not injured or feeling too shabby so that’s [...]
Marathon Training – Day 28
Marathon training today was a real case of the good, the bad and the ugly!!
Firstly, the good. I played a full hour of squash and run around like a lunatic chasing balls I was never going to reach. Having been humiliated off the court last week, I managed to hold my own (I’m being modest, [...]
Marathon Training – Day 26
While I know that technically self praise is no praise, I’m going to go right on ahead and praise myself anyway. Today, I am sore (from squash and swimming yesterday) , bunged up (from my cold) and wornout (from a long week of work when Tracy was out sick), and the last thing I wanted [...]
Marathon Training – Day 24
Back to the Gym at Wyckham point after an afternoon in bed nursing my cold. This should help sweat it out, and my goodness was there a lot of sweat.
I did my, now customary, 20 minute (7km) cycle on the sit down bike and 20 minutes on the cross trainer at a cost of 500 [...]
Marathon Training – Day 21
Wow, I’m 3 weeks into my Marathon Training already. I wreck Orla’s head by doing this, but one of my “things” is that I break everything down into fractions, so thats 3/52 of the year’s training done, or 1/17 of it. This time next week I’ll have done about 1/12th or 1/13th of it. If [...]
Marathon Training – Day 7
Monday 2 November 2009
After my day off yesterday it was back to training today and I went off for my weekly game of squash in Trinity. I suppose it’s the nature of the beast that the first time you play, the hardest you find it, and it gets progressively easier each time. This is good [...]
Marathon Training – Day 6
Look, anyone will tell you that an important aspect of any training programme is incorporating rest days. So today was a rest day, where no exercise whatsoever was undertaken. Does anybody know for sure when the correct time to weigh yourself is? My weight can differ by 4-6lbs depending on the time of day, and [...]
Marathon Training – Day 2
Well, improving on yesterday’s fairly shambolic offering, I have actually done some exercise today. Now, I know I’m not training for a triathalon, so techincally there’s no reason for me to be swimming as part of my training, but nonetheless, that’s what I did.
My logic (yes there is some there) is that the marathon is [...]
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