Marathon Training – Day 122

So, it probably tells you all you need to know about day 121 of training that I am typing this on my iPhone from the badminton match that is supposed to be today’s training?? It’s now 8.45pm and I have been here since 7 and still haven’t played either of my two matches. So unless… [Continue Reading]

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… [Continue Reading]

Marathon Training – Day 48

SO tired today after a big night out last night, then I managed to injure my back in the shower this morning 9by washing my hair, how depressing) but still had to get the head down and go out to the gym for a while so I didn’t lose momentum. Decided just to do some… [Continue Reading]

Marathon Training – Day 29

You probably (a) can’t make out what’s in that photo, and (b) once I tell you will wish you hadn’t found out. That is a little baby puddle of sweat. I know this principally because it’s mine and because I was watching it grow as I cycled my now customary 7km cycle on the sitty… [Continue Reading]

Marathon Training – Day 11

Friday 6 November 2009 If you fall off your bike as a kid, it’s important that you get straight back up on the bike and power on, otherwise you might never get back on it. And so it is with Marathon Training, particularly when the marathon is so ruddy far away. This afternoon it was… [Continue Reading]

Marathon Training – Day 5

Today’s training involved a long walk with adorable uber-dog Tara around the park in Shankhll and a 5K cycle on one of those sit down bike thingies. In fact, now just any sit down bike thingy, this one here…. I’m not 100% sure what the idea behing the sit down bike thingy is, but I’ve… [Continue Reading]