August 2007

Floral Running

August 31, 2007
Floral Running

Got home, and as is my want, flicked on the kettle while settling down to check out y’all blog updates. Jogblogs stream of consciousness post left me completely out of puff and I thought perhaps I could be excused this evenings training run as a result. I just started on my mug of tea, teeny [...]

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Road to GNR Wk 6/10

August 26, 2007
Road to GNR Wk 6/10

What better way to respond to the fast approaching day of doom than by having another lacklustre, self pitying week of pain? I managed to pull it together a bit at the end of the week to record my second best running tally for a week but the cycling was almost non-existent and I’m practically [...]

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RPTT Update T minus 48 Days

August 26, 2007
RPTT Update T minus 48 Days

The launch date for the Richmond Park version of the weekly UK Time Trial has been set for the 13th October. The route details have been posted on the site and so today I thought I would go and do an early morning reccy. The plan is to meet around Pembroke Lodge and start the [...]

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Treadmill Bites Back

August 22, 2007
Treadmill Bites Back

Struggling to move at the moment, that 12 miler really kicked my ass yesterday. Came across this vid on Pats running blog and it made me feel better about the pain though.

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Running out of Stella

August 21, 2007
Running out of Stella

Today was a day for making amends for last weeks limp lettuce training efforts. I had a fairly heroic route in mind but given that it took me over an hour after the garmin had locked on to my window ledge accessible satellites, to actually push myself out of the door, I couldn’t be sure [...]

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Half Way to GNR Wk 5/10

August 21, 2007
Half Way to GNR Wk 5/10

Diabolical training week, with only five weeks to go to the big day I managed only one, paltry, solitary run. Mon: nowt Tue: nothing again Wed: 42 km bike Thur: 16 km run Fri: 42 km bike Sat: mmm does off road go karting count as cross training? Sun: and then there is punting down [...]

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Tag You’re It!

August 17, 2007
Tag You're It!

Oh dear, I’ve been had, EatDrinkWoman tagged me the other day and although I did my best to ignore it, I now notice that Kathy got in on the act and tagged me too. Clearly no escape, I have to answer a list of questions, boring you all senseless in the process and then make [...]

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Boat Race Loop

August 17, 2007
Boat Race Loop

I took the day off work yesterday, I was just too fed up with it all to cope with a full 5 days, plus I have to deal with a girlie Hen weekend this week which will play havoc with my running schedule. It seemed the best thing all round was to take an impromptu [...]

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Bluewater 10k – What No Cows?

August 12, 2007
Bluewater 10k - What No Cows?

It was a less than an auspicious start to my East London running debut. I took the carb loading to a whole new extreme and I was still bulging at the seams when I was dragged from my bed this morning at 6am. Knowing that it was a ridiculously early start I had travelled over [...]

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Hypochondria and GNR Week 4/10

August 12, 2007
Hypochondria and GNR Week 4/10

Here’s a quick update on the GNR training status. Quite a low mileage week but at least the runs were taken at race pace. Race reports to follow. A scary article in Running Fitness suggests I should be up to 45 miles per week in my build up to a half – holy moley! I’ve [...]

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