August 2006

Worst Best Run

August 31, 2006
Worst Best Run

We went back for a re-run of the Nike 5k training session in Regents Park last night. Both of us felt like seasoned pros this time – all the nerves had vanished – and we even felt cocky enough to skip the embarassing group warmup. I ended up setting off a little behind the main [...]

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Feel Good 10k

August 28, 2006
Feel Good 10k

Don’t you feel great when you start the day off with a run? My thighs hurt, I’m struggling to stand unassisted, I think I will probably be stranded in my flat for a day cos I can’t manage the stairs and yet I feel wonderful. What an invigorating sport this running is. Today I was [...]

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Where are you?

August 27, 2006
Where are you?

Sorry to keep blogging today, I’ve had a wee drink and now I can’t stop nattering away. Yesterday I added a little world map image on my blog, it shows the position of all my visitors, the large view can be seen here and you can get your own here. I have little red blobs [...]

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Ignoring Heart Rate

August 27, 2006
Ignoring Heart Rate

As I was running along this morning, dreaming that my pace might actually increase enough for me to one day consider entering a marathon, it occured to me that I only ever run at one pace, regardless of distance. Yesterday I was using Jeff Galloway’s race predictor to determine my potentail marathon finish time – [...]

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Richmond Park Running

August 27, 2006
Richmond Park Running

I didn’t run yesterday, not sure why, I was feeling a bit under the weather I suppose and lethargic. I felt really restless by the end of the day though and nearly took myself out for a jog at midnight. Trouble is my routes aren’t really suitable for solitary night time runs. I made sure [...]

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School Sports Day Terror

August 24, 2006
School Sports Day Terror

Ok that title is a bit melodramatic but I was certainly a bit disturbed on the day of my first Nike training run. It ocurred to me that I had somehow managed to voluntarily sign myself up for an event that could only prove to be as horrendous as school sports days. Horrible childhood memories [...]

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Treadmill Disco

August 22, 2006
Treadmill Disco

I’m off to the gym this afternoon so I’ll see if I can copy a few of these moves without breaking my neck:

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Thames 10k Run

August 20, 2006
Thames 10k Run

I really enjoyed the run this morning, I kept it steady and it was raining lightly so all in all I felt pretty comfortable. I turned the usual Chiswick and Hammersmith Bridge loop into a figure of 8 run to bring up to exactly 10k. Click image to enlarge I had been a bit worried [...]

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Knee Trouble

August 19, 2006
Knee Trouble

Jack Osbourne – Adrenalin Junkie 2 has just started up again. I really enjoyed the first series, and found myself thoroughly motivated by his physical transformation . This evening chronicled his attempt to complete the ridiculously tough Marathon Des Sables, a 151 mile endurance race across the Sahara. I really can’t imagine why anyone would [...]

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I Tube – Do You?

August 19, 2006
I Tube - Do You?

I couldn’t wait any longer, I had to find out what all the hype surrounding YouTube is about. That canadian girl started me off with a link to a haunting film about a giant little girl puppet. While I was there I came across my fave advert – the Tango/Bravia spoof: I only caught it [...]

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