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The Marathon – Race Report 16 Oct 2012 | 09:36 pm
Well that’s it – the end of a pretty tough month and a fairly long few months of training. It all started in July with a Half-Marathon that steam-rollered my entry into the London Olympic Triathlon an...
How I lost 4 stone & stopped getting hangovers… Part 2 Exercise 13 Oct 2012 | 04:00 pm
Nutrition plays a major part in losing weight for sure, but it was only half the equation I needed. The other key element, for me was the workouts. Until last summer I had done a fair amount of long c...
How I lost 4 stone & stopped getting hangovers… Part 1 Nutrition 12 Oct 2012 | 09:15 pm
So here we are, as promised once we raised over £800 for danceaid (in fact as of writing this we are just £87 short of the £1000 target). I would share the secrets of how I ended up fit enough to … Co...
So here we are – 5 days before my Marathon! 9 Oct 2012 | 08:59 pm
The big day looms… It’s almost here and I’m feeling slightly pessimistic. I must say that at this point I am rather pleased I did the 20 mile run the other week. That has definitely given me hope that...
The Last Big Run… 2 Oct 2012 | 02:20 am
Marathon Training Update Now I’ll be honest, getting straight back into it after the Triathlon did feel a bit like I ‘may’ be over-training … Particularly when at the beginning of Tuesday’s Group PT s...
Triathlon = Done! 24 Sep 2012 | 08:22 pm
Well the weather over the weekend meant that what was a sunny day of supporting danceaid triathletes and trying to keep our new puppy cool on the Saturday turned into a scene from The Perfect Storm on...
Update: Now for the triathlon… 22 Sep 2012 | 01:59 am
First of all apologies for the delay this week. I originally intended to post the first part of this on Tuesday but it turns out an 8wk-old puppy and a laptop don’t mix very well. Training Update Sinc...
The 1st Big Run…. (FAIL!) 11 Sep 2012 | 07:28 pm
Now I’m nervous – really nervous! Do you remember those targets I set in the last update? They feel impossible today. How did the big run go? Badly. I did make a lot of mistakes in preparation and I d...
Gulp – time to set some target times! 7 Sep 2012 | 05:38 pm
If you’re going to prove that you are giving a cause your all then you’ve got to set some target times right? Particularly as a few of my friends and family wanted to sponsor me in a more traditional ...
Training so far: through August! 4 Sep 2012 | 07:09 pm
I thought I’d better bring you all up to speed on the training I’ve been doing so far for this double-header. I’ll be honest, after the Hitchin Hard Half there were 3 weekends of parties and I’d alway...
