Well arse to it anyway. And that’s me being very polite about how I’m feeling right now, very polite indeed. I’m not doctor, nor do I have any formal medical training, not even first aid experience, but I’m 99.9% certain that I have got poxy effing shin splints, particularly in my right leg. I went… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 82
January 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ryan Phillips – Marathon Training for the Dublin City Marathon 2010 – Day 82 – Saturday 16 January 2010 After a rest day yesterday, it was back to the threadmill today. I know I’m not supposed to be on the threadmill at all, because I should really be in grass when I’m starting out in… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 80
January 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ryan Phillips Marathon Training – Day 80 – Thursday 14 January 2010 Back to the gym today, and a little bit of gym rage. I’m used to going to the gym in the afternoon, but I got help up yesteday doing stuff so I didn’t get to the gym until just after 6pm and it… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 78
January 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Day two of the 10km training plan (which seems me up to 10km standard and pace in 11 weeks, or so it says) called for a 3 mile jog to follow up on the 4 mile run on Sunday. There was more snow today, so everywhere public was still a bit ifffy and hard to… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 76
January 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I spent most of this afternoon looking at the Rat Calendar Tracy got me for Christmas (long story) and drawing up a training plan for the next few months for running/jogging. There’s a load of websites out there with training plans and schedules so I just picked 1 at random and decided to go with… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 74
January 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
74 Days in and not a lot to show except, as of today, some more doctors bills! So, the story so far. Went to doctor. Was sent for routine ECG to be safe before starting proper training. Something unusual showed up on first ECG, got sent for more tests. That’s the very summarised version of… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 70
January 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Well, I finally spoke with my Doctor this morning, turns out she’s not my doctor, but another doctor….I think. Anyway, basically there was a slight issue with my ECG. It’s nothing major, but it is something so we need to have it looked at to see and make sure there’s nothing suspect. I’ve got to… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 41
December 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I can’t believe that my stupid cold is starting to make a comeback!! I’ve been burning through toilet roll at an alarming rate, but despite that I still went to the gym today, and did my now customary 20 minutes on the bike (7km, thanks for asking) and 20 minutes on the cross trainer, but… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 12
November 13, 2009 By 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… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 10
November 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Thursday 5 November 2009 Well, it was always likely to happen, and today it did!! I fell off the training wagon. I had taken last Sunday off, and justified it as a day of rest. That’s fine, that’s allowed. Tonight, I let bad form get the better of me, and I did no training. It… [Continue Reading]
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